I have the same problem enabling the dma on my wd hard-drive. I check the kernel and
it seems that dma and bus mastering for the hpt controllers are not finished yet. So,
the support is not built into the kernel that ships with 7.1.
Bryan
"Jonathan M. Prigot" wrote:
> I'm not sure whether it is a problem for all or just some chipsets
> (mine's an HPT366 on a Soyo 6BA+ IV mobo, BTW.) I always assumed the
> latter and shrugged my shoulders.
> ---
> Brian Fleischman wrote:
> >
> > I do can do a -c1 just fine also. If I do a -d1 (dma)...locks up...harddrive
> > light on constantly, even with the -X66 or -X68. I have a WD 20.5 ata/66 7200 rpm
> > drive. I wonder what's up with the dma stuff.
> >
> > -Brian
> >
> > Jonathan Prigot wrote:
> >
> > > What happens if you don't do the -d1? I can do -c1 just fine (and it speeds
> > > things up 50%), but if I do -d1 my system locks solid.
> > > ---
> > > On Mon, 05 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > > > I am trying to change the 16 bit i/o seetings for my hard drive to 32 bit to
> > > > drive to speed up access with the following command:
> > > >
> > > > hdparm -c 1 -d 1 /dev/hde (I have ata/66 drives working on hde/hdg)
> > > >
> > > > I wait a good 5 minutes and nothing ...just hangs, but I can close the
> > > > x-terminal.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas here/
> > > >
> > > > BTW, I got this tweak tip from:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/hdtweak.html
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