Am Montag, 19. September 2005 19:51 schrieb Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh): > Le 19.09.2005 19:04:20, Hans a écrit : > > Hi folks, > > I tried to improve my settings of the harddrive. These are the > > original > > settings: > > > > /dev/hda: > > multcount = 16 (on) > > IO_support = 1 (32-bit) > > unmaskirq = 0 (off) > > using_dma = 0 (off) > > keepsettings = 0 (off) > > readonly = 0 (off) > > readahead = 256 (on) > > geometry = 16383/255/63, sectors = 195371568, start = 0 > > > > You see, dma is off. When trying to set this to on ( hdparm -d 1 > > /dev/hda), I > > get this error: > > > > /dev/hda: > > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted > > using_dma = 0 (off) > > [ ... ] > > It seems that you have booted your system with ide-generic loaded > instead of the module related to your chipset. > > In your /etc/modules, you should have something like that: > > via82cxxx > ide-generic
I suppose, the reason is the kernel itself. I made it with built in ide-generic, as I do not have an initrd.img. So I have to build a new kernel, with moduralized ide-generic. Thanks for the clue, when I have news, I will give you the info. Now for the build..... Best regards Hans > I use the via module to use the dma. ide-generic is needed for the > cdrom to work. The modules should placed in this order. > > If you use an initrd, you should have the requested module loaded in it. > > > Could it be a bug ??? Any clue ?? > > > > Best regards > > > > Hans > > > > > > Look at this, please. > > Jean-Luc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
