Alan Cox wrote: > Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What's hindering the ability to force a mode in libata, as is possible > > with the normal ide-driver? > > We want it to be correct and race free. That means we have to synchronize > all the devices on the controller, quiesce them and recompute the speeds > for each device then turn them all back on and resume command processing. > > It is quite hairy although Tejun's EH work has provided the framework for > all of this. > > For now you can boot with libata.dma=1 to select DMA on disks but not CD
Great, but why isn't this in the documentation? Thanks! -- Al -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/