On 18 Jul 2003, John Little wrote: > >I'm using 3.0r0 (2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel) with ASRock K7VT2 m/board and Maxtor > >30GB ATA133 hard disk. > >I tried switching on DMA using hdparm -d1 /dev/hda but got the following > >error message: > > > >HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted > >
[snip] Not sure if this will help, but with a VIA chipset I had to enable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y to get DMA to work. 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]