First post, by Kahenraz
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This is a DOS device driver for UDMA. I don't remember where I got this so I'm not able to find what the configuration switches are.
Does anyone know where this is from? I no longer have the documentation for it
This is a DOS device driver for UDMA. I don't remember where I got this so I'm not able to find what the configuration switches are.
Does anyone know where this is from? I no longer have the documentation for it
This device driver is for the Intel 430FX/Triton, correct? If so,
The user can append parameters with the following format[/V] [/drive [dma=dmamode|pio=piomode] [!lba] [!ms]]to the "device=..." statement in the CONFIG.SYS file.WhereV indicates to display verbose information, including devicescanning progress and TRITON chip set timing register values,and etc.drive specifies which drive to override on. It can be:PM primary/masterPS primary/slaveSM secondary/masterSS secondary/slavedmamode specifies the overriding DMA mode. It can be:SW2 single word DMA mode 2MW1 multi-word DMA mode 1MW2 multi-word DMA mode 2NO not use DMA operation. The PIO will be used.piomode specifies the overriding PIO mode. It can be:0 PIO mode 01 PIO mode 12 PIO mode 23 PIO mode 34 PIO mode 4If the pio_mode is specified, the driver will only use PIOoperation on the corresponding drive.!lba indicates not to use LBA mode.!ms indicates not to use multi-sectors commands.For example:device=c:\triton\tridma.sys /PS dma=SW2 !lbaindicates that we will use single word DMA mode 2 and not use LBA modeon the slave drive of the primary IDE channel.
Perfect, thank you. Where did you locate the documentation? Do you have any information on the driver's origin?
It's the documentation included in the ide controller drivers for the 430fx/triton chipset
No idea where I got it, probably it's for a motherboard I have it because I don't store generic driver archives but only for hardware that I own.
Thank you. I have boards with this controller and must have sourced it from somewhere in the past, possibly event from here.
I think that many enthusiasts overlook the value of configuring UDMA devices under DOS. I would argue that this isn't generally required, since everything is pretty fast as it is. But it's still leaving performance on the table.