Topi Junkkari wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a Netra X1 currently running Debian Sarge and I am planning a > clean reinstall with Etch r1 soon. (I prefer a reinstall rather than > dist-upgrade for reasons that are not relevant to this question.) The > machine has been running for several years with the ide=nodma option > set, as there used to be some problems with IDE DMA on the ALI15X3 > controller that resides on board the Netra X1.
I'm running several v100 here, which have (afaik) the same hardware then the Netra X1. 00:0d.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3) is working well without ide=nodma here. But I have to force the tulip ethernet chipset into HD mode, as it dropped too many packets while running on FD. Hope that helps, Bernd -- Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bzed.de/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
