IDE Master VS Slave settings

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I have been under the impression that setting drives as Master or Slave
doesn't make a difference in drive performance. I mean, the "Master"
doesn't really "Master" anything at all, right? Its just like calling them
A and B, or 0 and 1, or X, and Y, etc. Can anybody shed some light on this?

Thanks,
--Dan
 
dg said:
I have been under the impression that setting drives as Master or Slave
doesn't make a difference in drive performance. I mean, the "Master"
doesn't really "Master" anything at all, right? Its just like calling them
A and B, or 0 and 1, or X, and Y, etc. Can anybody shed some light on this?

Thanks,
--Dan
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I think that's right.
 
@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com>, (e-mail address removed)
says...
I have been under the impression that setting drives as Master or Slave
doesn't make a difference in drive performance. I mean, the "Master"
doesn't really "Master" anything at all, right? Its just like calling them
A and B, or 0 and 1, or X, and Y, etc. Can anybody shed some light on this?
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The "master" device gets priority over the "slave" if
both want to use the bus at the same time... at least,
that's what I gleaned from a few minutes of googling.
No concrete link behind that assertion... so take that
with a large grain of salt.

It definitely has to do with the protocol that the two
devices employ so that they don't talk over-top of each
other.

http://thef-nym.sci.kun.nl/cgi-pieterh/atazip/atafq-
5.html#ss5.1
 
Toshi1873 said:
The "master" device gets priority over the "slave" if
both want to use the bus at the same time... at least,
that's what I gleaned from a few minutes of googling.
No concrete link behind that assertion...
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so take that with a large grain of salt.
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Yes, you'd better.
It definitely has to do with the protocol that the two
devices employ so that they don't talk over-top of each
other.
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That assumes an initiator role for IDE devices.
There ain't.
http://thef-nym.sci.kun.nl/cgi-pieterh/atazip/atafq-
5.html#ss5.1
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Can't even post a URL correctly.
 
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