Subject: Re: pciide performance on alpha
To: None <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Ross Harvey <ross@ghs.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 08/13/1999 12:13:45
> From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
>
> On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 10:55:15AM -0400, Michael T. Stolarchuk wrote:
> > Fast back-to-back transactions: off
>
> This may disable bursting. I haven't got the mindshare book or PCI
> standard to check, though.
This one bit is correct, although, given the lack of reasonable configuration
anywhere else, perhaps only accidently. Because the Intel SIO (82378ZB) can't
deal, the enable has to be off for all other devices.
This is not normally a critical performance parameter.
ross.harvey@computer.org