From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 9 23:11:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CB3716A4CE for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 23:11:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ylpvm29.prodigy.net (ylpvm29-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5059543D1D for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 23:11:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-67-115-74-195.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.115.74.195]) i79NB5NW025091; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 19:11:05 -0400 Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AA8FC51312; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:11:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:11:07 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Mark Message-ID: <20040809231107.GA92068@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200408092106.I79L6HGV003922@asarian-host.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200408092106.I79L6HGV003922@asarian-host.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Only WDMA2? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 23:11:11 -0000 --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 09:06:18PM +0000, Mark wrote: > Dear Sirs: >=20 > In my FreeBSD 4.9R server, I use an ARAID99 1000L RAID system. However, it > only runs at "WDMA2": >=20 > Aug 9 21:08:36 asarian-host /kernel: ad0: 39205MB 2.5> [79656/16/63] at ata0-master WDMA2 >=20 > WDMA2 only offers 16 MB/s, whereas ATA133 of course, offers 133 MB/s. The > question is, is there a reason FreeBSD only uses WDMA2 for this device? (= it > contains two MAXTOR 40G ATA133 disks, connected to an ATA133 IDE port as > single master). >=20 > Second question, subsidiary, can I force a higher mode than WDMA2? (like > UDMA 133). >=20 > Much obliged, Check the cable..perhaps you only have a 40-pin cable instead of the 80-pin cable you need for higher speeds. Kris --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBGASLWry0BWjoQKURAsfHAKDeJaAy7N0cqedMbEZmLlULQ/JqmgCfbD7x SSTgaH1BmvbQzY+WFEw9eh4= =KQ3M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI--