Marco Fioretti wrote:
>
> Jean-Louis,
>
> you asked:
>
> > what do you get with the command: cat /proc/ide/via?
> > If this file does not exist at all, it almost certainly means
> > that the VIA driver is not (fully) activated in your kernel."
>
> As a matter of fact, that file does not exist!
>
> > Another thing to check (this does not need a recompile)
> > would be that (U)DMA, and/or BUS MASTER, is supported
> > and _activated_ in the BIOS (there may be an option there).
>
> I still have to check this. Should it not be supported, there
> would be no point in recompiling the kernel right?
>
> GENERAL QUESTION on kernel compilation: is there any
> (Make|Log|whatever file) left after the installation where you
> can read all answers/options used to build the running kernel,
> so that you can be sure to leave everything else just as it
> is now?
/usr/src/linux/.config
For VIA support :
* enable "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/driver " (in the
first menu:"Code maturity level options")
* in "Block devices" menu, enable "Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL
disk/cdrom/tape/floppy support", "Include IDE/ATA-2 DISK support",
"Generic PCI IDE chipset support", "Generic PCI bus-master DMA support",
"Use PCI DMA by default when available (NEW)", "VIA82C586 chipset
support (EXPERIMENTAL) (NEW)"
You need to enable them in that order as the later need the first one to
may be choosen.
> Question/suggestion to Mandrake folks:
>
> I switched to Mandrake from RH ALSO because the feature page says
> optimized support for UDMA drives.
>
> How come the chipset is not recognized during installation, and/or
> user is not prompted to enter the proper flags (VT82C586 chipset,
> use DMA, etc...) that Jean-Louis mentioned?
>
> Cool distribution, though! Keep up the good work.
We enable the generic udma driver, not all specific drivers.
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