On Tue Mar 25, 2003 at 08:16:28AM +0100, Soeren Schmidt wrote:
It seems The Anarcat wrote:
hw.ata.atapi_dma=1# Run the CD-ROM/DVD in DMA mode
to /boot/loader.conf.
This should be in almost EVERY /boot/loader.conf. The default is 0 (PIO)
because DMA is broken on at least a few
It seems The Anarcat wrote:
On Tue Mar 25, 2003 at 08:16:28AM +0100, Soeren Schmidt wrote:
It seems The Anarcat wrote:
Can't the ata drivers detect that condition or recognize the set of
drives that are broken instead of penalizing everyone else?
ATAPI DMA is more likely to be broken
On Tue Mar 25, 2003 at 06:28:38PM +0100, Soeren Schmidt wrote:
It seems The Anarcat wrote:
Thanks for those precisions... This could be a FAQ, pertaining also to
how to enable it.
So it's enabled system-wide? Can't it be done at the bus or device
level?
You can set the transfer
On Mon Mar 24, 2003 at 11:52:07AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote:
PS: what's the proper way to enable ATAPI DMA in the loader.conf file?
I don't see any flag WRT that there.. I'm tempted to add:
set hw.ata.atapi_cam=3D1
anywhere there...
Close. Add:
hw.ata.atapi_dma=1# Run the
It seems The Anarcat wrote:
hw.ata.atapi_dma=1# Run the CD-ROM/DVD in DMA mode
to /boot/loader.conf.
This should be in almost EVERY /boot/loader.conf. The default is 0 (PIO)
because DMA is broken on at least a few early CD readers, but it is
very rare to have it fail. (I've never
