On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 08:06:44PM -0500, Ezra Drummond wrote: > Hi > I have a Dell inspiron 6000 laptop, which i am trying to set dma mode > for the dvd+rw drive. I add "ata.atapi_dma=1" to loader.conf but the > system just ignore it. Any hints would be very much appreciated. > ps: FreeBSD 6.0 set dma automatically without me adding anything to > loader.conf.
Yes, we know. It was a lengthy debatte about the merits, since enough chipsets are broken. Like Sascha wrote, the correct hint is hw.ata.atapi_dma. You can also use atacontrol mode, keep in mind that values for both channels have to be specified. Joerg
