problem with UDMA mode on XP1000
Andrew Gallatin
gallatin at cs.duke.edu
Wed Apr 16 10:02:34 PDT 2003
Jarkko Santala writes:
> I suppose no checking explains the performance. ;) But good to know
> anyway. Any reason why it gets enabled by default if its not safe?
The ata code just enables the highest available mode by default.
I'm no expert, but I don't think PIO is safe either. I think it just
stresses things so much less than DMA that its assumed to be safe.
Drew
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