Re: amd74xx (nforce) driver problem ?

[Robert Hancock]

Sonny Rao wrote:
> NFORCE2: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:09.0
> NFORCE2: chipset revision 162
> NFORCE2: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> NFORCE2: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround.
> NFORCE2: 0000:00:09.0 (rev a2) UDMA133 controller
>     ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
>     ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
>
>
> Shouldn't the driver set the channel to UDMA100 after it detects the BIOS
> set up the chip improperly, or am I mistaken about this behavior?  Isn't
> that the "workaround" or does that mean something else?

I think the workaround is something else. I get that message as well on 
nForce4 (Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe). The drives are definitely set to auto in 
the BIOS (only optical drives are on the PATA controller).

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