docs/75021: hw.ata.atapi_dma patch for ata(4) man page

Craig Rodrigues rodrigc at crodrigues.org
Mon Dec 13 16:01:09 UTC 2004


>Number:         75021
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       hw.ata.atapi_dma patch for ata(4) man page
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 13 16:00:57 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Craig Rodrigues
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD dibbler.crodrigues.org 6.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT #49: Tue Dec 7 16:03:32 EST 2004 rodrigc at dibbler.crodrigues.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL1 i386


	
>Description:

In ata(4), it states:

 hw.ata.atapi_dma
     set to 1 for DMA access, 0 for PIO (default is PIO).

In src/sys/dev/ata/ata-all.c, this sysctl is by default
set to 1 (on -CURRENT, and also on 5.3-RELEASE).

Perhaps this patch is in order?

>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:

--- share/man/man4/ata.4.orig   Thu Dec  9 19:07:53 2004
+++ share/man/man4/ata.4        Thu Dec  9 19:08:08 2004
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 .It Va hw.ata.ata_dma
 set to 1 for DMA access, 0 for PIO (default is DMA).
 .It Va hw.ata.atapi_dma
-set to 1 for DMA access, 0 for PIO (default is PIO).
+set to 1 for DMA access, 0 for PIO (default is DMA).
 .It Va hw.ata.wc
 set to 1 to enable Write Caching, 0 to disable (default is enabled).
 .Em WARNING :



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