>The point is that you should put your ATAPI device (in this case the
>cd-rom)
>on the VIA controllers, and place the hdd's on the promise controller,
>since dma is supported for hdd's...
>This is also their intended primary functions by the manufacturers...,
>for example the HPT370 controller with bios version >1.1.x.xxx does
>not have ATAPI support (atleast officially, I haven't tried it)
>
>
>Thomas
So, are you telling me that DMA for both my hard drives, and my CD-R/Ws
will work, if i put my HDs on the PDC20265 controller, and my CD-R/W on
the VIA?
or will i lose DMA on the hard drives in this way, losing performance?
the second solution, tho one _I_ could probably live with, is still a
problem, especially for those of us who want to sell GNU/Linux to our
customers as a 'better' solution.
btw, please cc: me in your replies, as I no longer am able to subscribe
to the linux-kernel list. this reply i had to hack by hand from
marc.theaimsgroup
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