On 22 Jun 2003, Marino Fernandez wrote: > On Sunday 22 June 2003 10:17 pm, Kristian Peters wrote: > > Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > I had dma running with kernel 2.4.20. On 2.4.21 hdparm gives an error: > > > > > > HDIO_SET_DMA failed > > > > > > Anyone know why this is or what has changed between the two kernels? > > It must be something on the way you configured things. I just compiled and > installed 2.4.21 on top or 2.4.20-xfs and dma works fine. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r > 2.4.21 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc > > /dev/hdc: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > using_dma = 1 (on) >
Thanks to Kristian and Marino for replies. I had another look at the configuration and noticed that there is now an entry for VIA82CXXX chipset support. I do have such a chipset though my version is not one of those listed at the top of the c files in the drivers section. I nevertheless tried enabling this and dma has now started working again. AC -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
