Re: [RFT][PATCH] fix ServerWorks PIO auto-tuning

[Torben Mathiasen]

On Fri, Oct 17 2003, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > Also, the previous problem we had where Linux would enable DMA on a device
> > (system) not supporting it has also been fixed now that we look at the
> > dma_stat bits to determine whether the BIOS indicated DMA. We're currently
> 
> Can I assume that "biostimings" option is no longer needed for ServerWorks?
> 
> If so I will remove it because it is dangerous on many chipsets.
> Even if some chipset needs it in the future it should be reimplemented
> in specific chipset driver, not in generic IDE code.
>

Yes, even though I haven't tested on many systems, I believe this is the right
fix. Regarding the biostimings stuff, then I already sent fixes to Alan a long
time ago but I think they got lost. Please remove it and we can come up with
something else if ever needed.

Torben
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