On 06/10/05, LostSon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  Hello
>  I am trying to set hdparm on my laptop and keep getting this error
>  setting using_dma to 1 (on)
> HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
> using_dma  = 0 (off)
>
>  I have gone through my kernel configs looking for anything dma related
> i may need but cant seem to find anything. Any ideas, thanks.

Probably you didn't compile in the right chipset. Have a look in kernel config:
Device Drivers -> ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support and make sure that you
have  "Generic PCI bus-master DMA support" turned on together with the
right chipset.

regards
pshemko

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