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Date:      Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:25:52 +0000
From:      George Reid <greid@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: burncd blank/erase/fixate seize all ATA I/O
Message-ID:  <20020107162552.A74309@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <008322859130712FE7@mail7.nc.rr.com>; from bts@babbleon.org on Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 08:58:40AM -0500
References:  <008322859130712FE7@mail7.nc.rr.com>

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On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 08:58:40AM -0500, Brian T.Schellenberger wrote:

> Am I setting myself up for trouble using this?  Anybody know why
> 
>   hw.ata.ata_dma: 1
> 
> is the default but the atapi_dma defaults to 0?

DMA on ATAPI devices was/is notoriously unreliable.

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George C A Reid			   Tel: (08701) 200870  Ext. 26654
FreeBSD Committer/Developer             greid@FreeBSD.org
Oriel College, Oxford University        george.reid@oriel.ox.ac.uk

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