Re: UDMA Support for ALI1543?

Greg (damin@cleveland.lug.net)
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:19:42 -0500 (EST)


On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:

> > On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
> >
> > > > Anyone know of patches to support UDMA on an ALI1543 chipset? Motherboard
> > > > is an M5ALA Version 2.0
> > >
> > > Look at Andre's homepage:
> > >
> > > http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma/
> >
> > I took a look at it and grabbed the patch, but I didn't see any reference
> > to the ALI 15xx series chips. The patch only appears to address ALI 14xx
> > series chips.
>
> The patch does nothing with ALI 14xx. It supports ALI 15xx called Aladdin.
> ALI 14xx is old and even does not support UDMA
> However the patch does almost nothing for you if your BIOS does set your
> chipset properly basing on CMOS settings...

Hmm...

I guess I must have been on crack when looking at the patch, because after
a second look, I see referenced all over the place to ALI15X3. Sorry bout
that.. I'll slap it in and let you know how it works...

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