Tino Keitel (2006-09-06, 13:06):
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 12:55:58 +0200, Felix Groebert wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Did anyone get DMA support for the DVD drive working?
> > 
> > I use a MBP 15", 2.6.18-rc4 with mactel patches. Although the Chipset
> > should be the same on a MB non pro and Mac Mini.
> > 
> > Loading the module for DMA support
> > 
> >   piix                   11140  0 [permanent]
> > 
> > still does not let me activate DMA:
> > 
> >   # sudo hdparm -d 1 /dev/dvd
> >   /dev/dvd:
> >   setting using_dma to 1 (on)
> >   HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Permission denied
> >   using_dma    =  0 (off)
> 
> Do you have ide_generic loaded/activated in your kernel? If yes,
> disable this. It works, but it doesn't provide DMA.

Ah, thanks,

I load

piix                   11140  0 [permanent]
ide_cd                 43012  0 
cdrom                  42400  1 ide_cd
ide_core              127776  2 piix,ide_cd

and no ide_generic, and dvd playback works very good! Solved..

Cheers,
-- 
 Felix Groebert  <>  groebert.org/felix  <>  GPG key: 6B44113F

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