linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] ide: don't display "BIOS" settings in ide_setup

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Message-ID: <47D44503.6060006@ru.mvista.com>
Date:	Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:13:55 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] ide: don't display "BIOS" settings in ide_setup_dma()

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

> Nowadays BIOS info is not very useful and only confuses users since:

> - IDE always tries to use DMA

> - BIOS info may not be accurate with modular IDE/libata

> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>

Acked-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>

MBR, Sergei
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