Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 23:00:11 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
Cc: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>,
       Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>,
       James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>,
       ksummit-2008-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org,
       linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       linux-ide <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Kernel Summit request for Discussion of future of ATA (libata)
 and IDE
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On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:12:51 -0400
Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca> wrote:

> Alan Cox wrote:
> > You don't. Basically it is controller dependant. Pretty much all the
> > newer controllers support the 32bit PIO data cycles. Most PCI controllers
> > it makes no speed difference but host bus controllers (especially
> > PIIX/ICH) really benefit.
> ..
> 
> By "most PCI controllers", did you really mean "most add-on PCI (card) controllers"?

Yes

> Nearly all onboard "PCI" controllers (integrated into the host chipset) benefit hugely,
> but I suppose that is what was meant by "host bus controllers".

Yes
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