[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 17:56:13 +0200, maximilian attems wrote: >>> The CD/DVD reader/writer of my Acer 5920g notebook (santarosa) doesn't >>> work. >> right. > > It seems related to ICH8 PATA controller of SantaRosa chipset. > After a BIOS upgrade it *seems* to work, but it's strange, because the > device is /dev/hda and not /dev/scd0. > I google it and I think that this is a problem related to the > pata-postpone-patch of ata_piix > Don't you think a good idea to drop that patch? > Probably there are a lot of user with that chipset and without > a BIOS upgrade available. > Using Ubuntu I don't have any problem related to ata_piix. > Thank you for your time. > 'Bye.
Excuse me, I'm just curious if you can test DMA when the device is named /dev/hda. I do it with hdparm -i and with -tT thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
