Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Apr 1999 16:23:41 +0300 | From | Stefan Laudat <> | Subject | Re: Bad IDE DMA detection in 2.2.5 |
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> On the old kernel, it would start getting DMA errors due to the flakey VIA > chipset in the motherboard. (It is going to get replaced soon...) Opon > detecting the first set of problems, it would disable DMA for that drive.
That's why they included VIA drivers in the 2.2.x kernel :-X And, after all, VIA chipsets are not that "flakey" when used with the right drivers and with and the right hdparm settings.
> The 2.2.2 and 2.2.5 no longer do that. I have disabled DMA with hdparm, but I > am wondering if this is something that has become broken or was done for some > good reason.
The only good reason you can get is "if there is hardware out there, why don't we try to _USE_ it?" >8-)
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