Hello, I'm using Debian Etch 4.0 defaut kernel on IBM Netfinity 7100 System. It has builtin "Broadcom OSB4 IDE Controller"; the controller is detected properly, but its using PIO Mode (33 MHz) for IDE so the I/ O is very slow. Can anyone tell me how i can enable my IDE will full speed.
"lspci" Output: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 21) 00:00.1 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 01) 00:00.2 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20HE Host Bridge 00:00.3 Host bridge: Broadcom CNB20HE Host Bridge 00:01.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7896U2/7897U2 00:01.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7896U2/7897U2 00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 43) 00:06.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Trio 64 3D (rev 01) 00:0f.0 ISA bridge: Broadcom OSB4 South Bridge (rev 4f) 00:0f.1 IDE interface: Broadcom OSB4 IDE Controller 00:0f.2 USB Controller: Broadcom OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller (rev 04) 02:04.0 SCSI storage controller: IBM SCSI RAID Adapter [ServeRAID] (rev 0d) "dmesg | grep ide" Output: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | grep ide BIOS-provided physical RAM map: ACPI: IRQ0 used by override. ACPI: IRQ2 used by override. ACPI: IRQ9 used by override. CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Boot video device is 0000:00:06.0 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx aic7896/97: Ultra2 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs aic7896/97: Ultra2 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs target1:0:2: wide asynchronous ide0: BM-DMA at 0x0840-0x0847, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0x0848-0x084f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio Probing IDE interface ide0... ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 Probing IDE interface ide1... Thanks in advance, regards, Teja -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]