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@@ -152,9 +152,22 @@ config BLK_DEV_IDEDISK
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If unsure, say Y.
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config IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE
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- bool "Use multi-mode by default"
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- help
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- If you get this error, try to say Y here:
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+ bool "Use multiple sector mode for Programmed Input/Output by default"
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+ help
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+ This setting is irrelevant for most IDE disks, with direct memory
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+ access, to which multiple sector mode does not apply. Multiple sector
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+ mode is a feature of most modern IDE hard drives, permitting the
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+ transfer of multiple sectors per Programmed Input/Output interrupt,
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+ rather than the usual one sector per interrupt. When this feature is
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+ enabled, it can reduce operating system overhead for disk Programmed
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+ Input/Output. On some systems, it also can increase the data
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+ throughput of Programmed Input/Output. Some drives, however, seemed
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+ to run slower with multiple sector mode enabled. Some drives claimed
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+ to support multiple sector mode, but lost data at some settings.
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+ Under rare circumstances, such failures could result in massive
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+ filesystem corruption.
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+
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+ If you get the following error, try to say Y here:
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hda: set_multmode: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
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hda: set_multmode: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
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@@ -380,9 +393,10 @@ config IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ
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config IDEPCI_PCIBUS_ORDER
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def_bool BLK_DEV_IDE=y && BLK_DEV_IDEPCI
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+# TODO: split it on per host driver config options (or module parameters)
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config BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD
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bool "Boot off-board chipsets first support"
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- depends on BLK_DEV_IDEPCI
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+ depends on BLK_DEV_IDEPCI && (BLK_DEV_AEC62XX || BLK_DEV_GENERIC || BLK_DEV_HPT34X || BLK_DEV_HPT366 || BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW || BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD || BLK_DEV_TC86C001)
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help
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Normally, IDE controllers built into the motherboard (on-board
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controllers) are assigned to ide0 and ide1 while those on add-in PCI
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