[wellylug] Configuring HD
Edouard Chalaron
e.chalaron at paradise.net.nz
Wed Feb 5 09:47:53 NZDT 2003
Hi all
Simple question :
the IO_support below shows a 32 bit ON.
It has been suggested to me to turn it to 16 bit for better performances.
I am a "bit" confused about that. I thought that 32 bit would be faster.
Can anyone light this up for me please ?
thanks a lot
Edouard
[root at wairarapa root]# hdparm -v /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 5005/255/63, sectors = 80418240, start = 0
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