begin quote On 22 Aug 2003 10:30:18 -0400 Tom Hosiawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Tom Hosiawa wrote: > > > I've looked around for a solution but can't find much as to this > > > particular case. I can enable dma with the linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r6 > > > kernel but not with linux-2.4.21 (uses same config file), any > > > ideas? > > > > > > > You should look previous subjets on the lists were DMA enabling is > > largely discussed. > > To be short : your problem is a kernel_config problem. You must > > enable DMA in your kernel, as well as the support of your IDE > > chipset. > > I've read all those, it really shouldn't be a config problem though > since it works with gentoo-sources but not vanilla. I am doing make > oldconfig, so other than a few new options it should work but it > doesn't. > > Could it be just that vanilla sources don't have some patch that > gentoo does, although the vanilla kernel is newer, so I'm not sure if > that would really make sense? > That could very well make sense. The Gentoo Sources patchset is immense (Take a look sometime, just the diffs between gentoo sources and the same version of vanilla) //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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