WISP-Dist kernel is not optimized for use with hard disks, I guess you'll have to recompile it and include settings you need.
In any case, you'll only DMA if you want to have a lot of I/O to HDD, like running a proxy server etc. Jan Krejci wrote about "[leaf-wisp] WISP and DMA": > I want to use harddisk in WISP. But WIPS doesn't support DMA. If I try to > use DMA, I got: > > # hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc > > /dev/hdc: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted > using_dma = 0 (off) > > Enabling DMA in kernel will not help. > WISP probably doesn't have compiled in kernel modules (drivers) for IDE > interfaces: > > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31 > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx > PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 > PIIX4: detected chipset, but driver not compiled in! > PIIX4: chipset revision 1 > PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > What can I do with this? > > jks > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, > 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest > developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, > WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ > _______________________________________________ > leaf-wisp-dist mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-wisp-dist -- Best Regards, Vladimir Ivaschenko Thunderworx - Senior Systems Engineer (RHCE) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ leaf-wisp-dist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-wisp-dist
