> > i have one of these old HP7200i cd-rw (IDE) devices that need dma > turned-off in order for a successful burn/write session: > > ie: #hdparm -d0 /dev/hdc > > Otherwise, I get buffer-underruns and or the kernel locks-up horribely. > > I believe i also had some issues with devfs & this ide cd-rw. forget > tho. > > thought i'd post this to ensure that it's atleast known about. > > Again, yes, i need to turn-off dma for this cd-rw only. (my other hdd's > have dma turned on, etc). I think in the specs, it even says nothing > about dma, etc. >
Yes, that irritates me as well. I'll try to contact devfs list, but no promises :-)
