[ltp] T30 "ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx"

[Ben Pfaff]

"Allen, Michael B (RSCH)" <Michael_B_Allen@ml.com> writes:

> I have another question. On boot I get the the following message:
> 
>   ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
> 
> I am MUCH more concerned with reliability so I'm in no hurry to mess with idebus
> kernel parameters but I'm curious; is this message just paranoia? If so what can I
> safely set the parameter to?

A comment next to that message in the kernel source says that 33
is a "safe default value for PCI".  I take that to mean that
changing it would act only as an optimization.

This might not even mean anything: chances are that PIO modes are
unused in favor of DMA, though I haven't checked.
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