Re: [aclug-L] Promise EIDE Controller Driver?

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

In general, no special driver is required for IDE.  Most boards have
compatible base implementations, so nothing extra is required.  It could be
that your board uses a different chipset like the CMD640 (IIRC) or an Intel
chip.  Since it's working, that's a good sign that I'm right here.  You can
experiment with turning on all the special drivers like the CMD640 and stuff
in the IDE area and see if it improves performance any.  After you do so,
dmesg may be able to show if it detected those special chips.

John

On Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 08:39:03PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:

> Hi All.
> 
> I'm at it again ;)
> 
> Is anyone aware of a specific drive to support the Promise Technology
> chips?  Specifically, the board I have is the Promise EIDE2300Plus.  Of
> course drivers are available for everything but Linux and UNIX on their
> web site.  I have not seen any mention of this particular board when
> doing a kernel build (I'm using 2.0.33), so I assume this is yet another
> manufacturer not specifically supporting Linux or releasing specs?
> 
> Current drive performance is OK, but I'd always like a bit more (of
> course!)
> 
> - Nate >>
> 
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