On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:53:11 -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 11:39:52AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: >> This is no longer true. Most current IDE controllers support various >> DMA schemes. Like ATA-100, ATA-133, etc. So with IDE the controller >> now bypasses the CPU too. > > DMA isn't the issue. Bandwidth is. As long as only one IDE device on a > chain can be performing a command at a given moment, SCSI will always win. > > Whether the *battle* is something you care about... that's for you to > decide.
Which is why I restricted my comments to PCs only. With a single user PC, it is extremely unlikely to make a significant difference -- ....................paul It's working as coded. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
