Hello,
I have a Seagate SATA hard disk 160GB.My motherboard supports till UDMA6.I have enabled UDMA 6 but hdparm -i /dev/sda command shows that the hard disk is running in UDMA 5 mode.This is what it shows.
hdparm -i /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Model=ST3160211AS , FwRev=3.AAE , SerialNo= 5PT0G98G
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16?
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1 ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3 ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5 ATA/ATAPI-6 ATA/ATAPI-7
* signifies the current active mode
Why is it running in UDMA 5 and not in UDMA 6 mode and how can I enable UDMA 6?
Also the command hdparm -v /dev/sda shows IO_SUPPORT as 16 bit.
hdparm -v /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 1024 (on)
geometry = 19457/255/63, sectors = 312581808, start = 0
the command hdparm -c3 /dev/sda to change IO_SUPPORT to 32 bit gives an error.
hdparm -c3 /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
setting 32-bit IO_support flag to 3
HDIO_SET_32BIT failed: Invalid argument
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
How can i change the IO_SUPPORT to 32-bit???
Thanking you
