* John Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-11-07 04:43]: > I have not yet found an answer, does setting DMA for SATA drives have > any effect? Is it even possible? Does SATA not use DMA?
I find: :~ hdparm /dev/sda /dev/sda: IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) HDIO_GET_UNMASKINTR failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device HDIO_GET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device HDIO_GET_KEEPSETTINGS failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device readonly = 0 (off) readhead = 256 (on) geometry = 48641/255/63, sectors = 781422768, start = 0 I would say yes, but there appears to be a problem with it on my 10.1 x86_64 2.6.18.8-345-default system. > I am curious. As well you should be. You are on linux, satisfy your curiosity. There are literally thousands of ways beginning with google, man and info, and the cl '<command> --help' functions. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
