Re: Enabling DMA for atapi cd/dvd/rw

2012-10-21 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:13:32 -0600 JD wrote: > # hdparm -d1 /dev/sr0 > > /dev/sr0: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device > HDIO_GET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > So, could someone please advise how to enable DMA > for the cd/d

Enabling DMA for atapi cd/dvd/rw

2012-10-19 Thread JD
# hdparm -d1 /dev/sr0 /dev/sr0: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device HDIO_GET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device So, could someone please advise how to enable DMA for the cd/dvd/rw drive? It would sure help my aging laptop to play high quali