From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 3 12:56:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA00839 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:56:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA00820 for ; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:56:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA20940; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:55:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:55:51 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Geoff Black cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ultra-DMA In-Reply-To: <34F9BD9B.6585BC25@premier.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Geoff Black wrote: > I noticed in your documentation that you include what types of HD > controllers FreeBSD supports, and I did not see Ultra-DMA. I was > wondering if their had been a kernel built to support Ultra-DMA > controllers, or what changes needed to be made to the source to include > support. If you have a recommendation on which Ultra-DMA controllers > are easier to build kernels for, please let me know. This is a FAQ. By version: <= 2.2.x: IDE supported, no improvement with UltraDMA. 3.x: IDE controllers with UltraDMA features supported, improved performance. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message