On 08/22/2007 06:37 PM, Alan Cox wrote: > This is useful when debugging, handling problem systems, or for > distributions just to get the system installed so it can be sorted > out later. > > This is a bit smarter than the old IDE one and lets you do > > libata.pata_dma=0 Disable all PATA DMA like old IDE > libata.pata_dma=1 Disk DMA only > libata.pata_dma=2 ATAPI DMA only > libata.pata_dma=4 CF DMA only > > (or combinations thereof - 0,1,3 being the useful ones I suspect) >
This doesn't help distro installers with modular libata, as there's no good way to get the parameter to the driver. (libata.pata_dma=0 just causes "unrecognized parameter" message on boot.) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
