----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Hahn" <[email protected]>
To: "Gutko" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: Still no DMA on boot on S-ATA (Asus A7N8X-deluxe)
> > Why my hdd is always detected as PIO?
>
> I looked briefly at the driver a couple weeks ago -
> it appears to be deliberate, perhaps an attempt at conservativism.
>
> > I can enable udma5 using hdparm, later in rc.local but why it is not
working
> > on boot?
>
> does it work well? I'm trying to evaluate a system with a SiI3112
> card and two seagate native-sata 120's. things work OK under very
> light use, but quickly degenerate into the classic 'lost interrupt'...
>
yes i works good but i have onboard SIL3112A chipset. Im using it on udma5
about
3 months without any data corruption or errors (linux and windows).
but I have only one drive connected to sata. I've heard people running raid
had
problems undrer windows too