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UIDE and AHCI support (Miscellaneous)

posted by Drewfus, 02.06.2010, 02:47

> > the fact that you're
> > behind INT 13 means that you're not going to see any speed improvements.
>
> > It would be purely academic and only for the cool factor.
> you are mostly right: I wouldn't expect any speed improvements for *disks*
> either.
> unfortunately CD/DVD's are not handled by INT 13, but need it's own
> driver,
> and the current CD/DVD driver(s) don't operate with AHCI

As discussed earlier in this thread, speed improvements are of secondary importance. It's a question of convenience - keeping DOS systems compatible with the hardware configuration of existing Windows systems, without requiring manual intervention.

Complete thread:

• UIDE and AHCI support - Drewfus, 26.05.2010, 01:09 (Miscellaneous)
  • UIDE and AHCI support - Laaca, 26.05.2010, 09:22
    • UIDE and AHCI support - roytam, 26.05.2010, 12:58
      • UIDE and AHCI support - RayeR, 26.05.2010, 13:18
        • UIDE and AHCI support - Drewfus, 27.05.2010, 14:14
          • UIDE and AHCI support - RayeR, 27.05.2010, 19:23
  • UIDE and AHCI support - Jack, 26.05.2010, 19:36
    • UIDE and AHCI support - RayeR, 27.05.2010, 10:05
    • UIDE and AHCI support - Drewfus, 27.05.2010, 14:10
      • UIDE and AHCI support - Jack, 27.05.2010, 17:10
        • UIDE and AHCI support - Drewfus, 27.05.2010, 17:52
          • UIDE and AHCI support - Jack, 27.05.2010, 21:34
            • UIDE and AHCI support - Drewfus, 28.05.2010, 02:44
              • UIDE and AHCI support - DOSferatu, 01.06.2010, 16:05
                • UIDE and AHCI support - tom, 01.06.2010, 16:14
                  • UIDE and AHCI support - DOSferatu, 01.06.2010, 23:50
                  • UIDE and AHCI support - Drewfus, 02.06.2010, 02:47
                • UIDE and AHCI support - Drewfus, 02.06.2010, 02:44
                  • UIDE and AHCI support - DOSferatu, 02.06.2010, 16:54
                    • UIDE and AHCI support - RayeR, 03.06.2010, 00:47
                      • UIDE and AHCI support - DOSferatu, 03.06.2010, 19:23
                        • UIDE and AHCI support - DOSferatu, 08.06.2010, 23:41
                          • UIDE and AHCI support - RayeR, 12.06.2010, 13:27
        • UIDE and AHCI support - yuhongbao, 04.10.2010, 03:51