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#! rnews 1247 sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!col.hp.com!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!ensta!bsdtest.ensta.fr!bouyer From: bouyer@ensta.fr (Manuel Bouyer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD/i386 and IDE block mode Date: 17 May 1995 17:15:26 GMT Organization: Techniques Avancees, Paris Lines: 18 Sender: bouyer@bsdtest.ensta.fr (Manuel Bouyer) Distribution: world Message-ID: <3pdave$hh0@ici-paris.ensta.fr> References: <3p72h9$384@news.irisa.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsdtest.ensta.fr In article <3p72h9$384@news.irisa.fr>, leconte@irisa.fr (Thierry Leconte) writes: > > Does NetBSD is able to use the IDE disks in block mode ? > From the sources it seems that NetBSD1.0 doesn't have this feature. > Does NetBSD -current have it ? When probing ide disks -current prints: >wd0 at wdc0 drive 0: 240MB, 895 cyl, 10 head, 55 sec, 512 bytes/sec <Conner Peri pherals 240MB - CP30254> >wd0: using 16-sector 16-bit pio transfers, chs addressing I don't know if this means that it uses block mode, and i'm not able to say if so or not looking at the sources. -- Manuel Bouyer, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, Paris email: bouyer@ensta.fr --