Advantech PCA-6186 User Manual

This driver takes advantage of the latest Intel ® Ultra ATA controller fea-
tures to improve both storage subsystem performance and overall system 
performance. A useful diagnostic tool, Intel Ultra ATA Companion® , 
shows technical information of the ATA subsystem.

• The driver enables fast Ultra ATA transfers by default.

• Users no longer have to manually enable DMA transfers for each

ATA and/or ATAPI peripheral devices.

• Each ATA channel has independent device timings/transfers which

allows PIO-only and DMA-capable devices to share the same

ATA controller cable, where one is the master and the other the

slave, without restricting transfer mode to PIO-only for both

devices.

• Technical details of the ATA subsystem can be viewed via use of the

application.

• Drivers are optimized.