A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> >What kernel is this? If you're using 2.4.x or 2.2.x with Andre Hedrick's
> >IDE patches this is done automatically.
>
> It's 2.4.7 (from kernel.org)
>
> >hdparm /dev/hda
>
> /dev/hda:
> multcount = 0 (off)
> I/O support = 1 (32-bit)
> unmaskirq = 1 (on)
> using_dma = 1 (on)
> keepsettings = 0 (off)
> nowerr = 0 (off)
> readonly = 0 (off)
> readahead = 8 (on)
> geometry = 50800/16/63, sectors = 117266688, start = 0
>
> Do you refer to the I/O 32-bit support thing? (i.e. 32 bits are
> translated to 66mhz 16 bits on the cable?)
No - having 32-bit I/O support enabled can help some, but it's not what
you're looing for.
You're looking for what it says for the using_dma flag.
You can also run
hdparm -t /dev/hda
as root - with UMDA66 you should see results somewhere in the vicinity of
25-30 MB/sec.
Phil
