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Date:      Fri, 25 Oct 2002 12:19:12 -0500
From:      "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
To:        Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org>, Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
Cc:        lewiz <purple@lewiz.info>, Steve Warwick <ukla@attbi.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: UDMA limited to 33 - resolution
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20021025121912.01b1e400@mail.sage-one.net>
In-Reply-To: <20021025094521.B58366-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
References:  <20021023161917.H11289-100000@babelfish.pursued-with.net>

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At 09:47 AM 10.25.2002 -0700, Linh Pham wrote:
>On 2002-10-23, Kevin Stevens scribbled:
>
># However, it *is* correct that all devices on a UDMA channel must support
># UDMA, so yes, the above is a problem.  I don't recall if all devices must
># also be the same UDMA speed (66/100/133) or not, bbelieve that is true
># too.  This is not a BSD issue, it is part of the UDMA spec.
>
>IIRC-
>
>The channel will run at the speed of the slowest device, meaning that if
>you have a drive that is capable of ATA/66 and a drive capable of ATA/33
>on the same channel, then the channel will run at ATA/33.
>
>If you have a drive at ATA/100 and a drive that is only capable of PIO4,
>then the speed of the channel will be knocked down to either PIO4 or
>ATA/33 (the latter will only occur if the PIO4 drive is also capable to
>running at ATA/33, just without DMA).
>
>-- 
>
>Linh Pham                                         lplist@closedsrc.org

Well, then what does the jumper settings on modern drives for "Master with
non-ATA compatible sleave" mean in regard to the above speed limits...???

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

SageOne Net
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jackstone@sage-one.net

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