RE: stupid SATA questions

[Aleksey Gorelov]

>From: Jeff Garzik [mailto:jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx] 
>Aleksey Gorelov wrote:
>>  
>> 
>>>From: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>>>[mailto:linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Garzik
>>>Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 11:01 AM
>>>To: Kumar Gala
>>>Cc: Linux Kernel list
>>>Subject: Re: stupid SATA questions
>>>
>>>Kumar Gala wrote:
>>>
>>>>These questions were posed to me and I was hoping someone 
>would have 
>>>>better knowledge about the works and usage of SATA then I 
>>>
>>>do.  All of 
>>>
>>>>these questions are around understanding how important the 
>>>
>>>performance 
>>>
>>>>of PIO mode is.
>>>>
>>>>How often would one run in PIO mode?  Why would one run in PIO mode?
>>>
>>>Never.  No idea.  :)
>> 
>> 
>> Some BIOSes/option ROMs do. Especially SATA RAID ones.
>> But unless you are using BIOS interrupts... 
>
>It doesn't matter what BIOS does, Linux SATA drivers don't use 
>the BIOS.

I probably missed something, but I did not see LINUX SATA DRIVERS in the
original question, I just saw SATA. Well, never mind then ;)

Aleks.
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