On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 13:47 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 10:41:33AM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > Ahh. I had not seen this earlier when I scanned your letter briefly > > before answering someone else's up the list. My result: > > > > using_dma 0 0 1 rw > > > > Looks like I need to turn on dma with hdparm. If that works, I can > > place it into rcS.d, yes? > > No, the debian kernels enable DMA by default. If you don't get DMA it > almost always means the ide-generic driver is being used rather than the > driver for your specific chipset. The generic driver can't do DMA since > DMA requires specific knowledge of the chipset. > > > Well, I have an MSI K9A Platinum, with the SB600 controller. I have to > > boot with nomsi/irqpoll kernel options, and currently have msi left out > > of the kernel configuration altogether. > > Oh that stupid chipset. Is that even working properly with linux yet?
Always good to hear... :) The board had a good Linux review when I got it from Newegg. > I know 2.6.20 had some more patches to fix some issues with that > chipset. If you are running 2.6.18 that Etch uses then I would expect > problems like this. 2.6.21 from Sid might work better. In general I > recommend avoiding ATI chipsets in the first place. > > > I'm uncertain about any kernel configuration items I might want to > > activate. I think I need to burrow into the board's handbook for other > > chips which might be a part of the system. > > > > I will get into the BIOS configuration to look at the ide settings (DMA > > mode, etc.), but was curious how much difference that makes to the > > kernel, as I have always had the impression that Linux works more or > > less independently of the BIOS once it has booted up. > > Which kernel version are you running? > 2.6.21 Looks like I should try to get more info about the SB600 and try different options.. Kenward > -- > Len Sorensen > > -- The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church. --Ferdinand Magellan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
