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authorsos <sos@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-07 08:12:24 +0000
committersos <sos@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-07 08:12:24 +0000
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Update woith latest chipsets and options
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/ata.4 b/share/man/man4/ata.4
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@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ To enable DMA on an ATAPI device:
.Pp
To enable Tagged Queuing support (only IBM DPTA and DTLA drives support that)
.Cd options ATA_ENABLE_TAGS
+.Pp
+To enable write caching (WARNING might cause data loss on power failures)
+.Cd options ATA_ENABLE_WC
+.Pp
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This driver provides access to disk drives, ATAPI CD-ROM and DVD drives,
ZIP drives and tape streamers connected to controllers
@@ -122,8 +126,10 @@ Ultra DMA 33 (UDMA2), 33 MB/sec
Ultra DMA 33 (UDMA2), 33 MB/sec
.It VIA 82C586
Ultra DMA 33 (UDMA2), 33 MB/sec
-.It VIA 82C686
+.It VIA 82C686a
Ultra DMA 66 (UDMA4), 66 MB/sec
+.It VIA 82C686b
+Ultra DMA 100 (UDMA5), 100 MB/sec
.El
.Pp
All unknown chipsets can be supported at the maximum speed of 16 MB/sec.
@@ -196,7 +202,7 @@ The
.Nm
driver does not support MFM/RLL/ESDI (ST-506) style disks.
.Pp
-Remember that in order to use UDMA4 mode you
+Remember that in order to use UDMA4 (and above) mode you
.Em have
to use a special 80 conductor cable,
and the driver tries to determine if you have such a cable
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