hi ya marin
from your list of .config options -- i'd say you need to turn on the ali option in your kernel > # CONFIG_AEC62XX_TUNING is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set > # CONFIG_WDC_ALI15X3 is not set turn this puppy on ... vi .config ... CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3=y make ... blah..blah .. c ya alvin On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Martin Strauss wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got an ASUS TUA266 mobo (ALi Alladin Pro 5 chipset, ALi M1651 North > Bridge, ALi M1535D+ South Bridge, ALi M5229 IDE), and I can't get DMA to > work on my drives: > > bruce:~# hdparm -d1 /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted > using_dma = 0 (off) > > I'd really like to get this working, since: > > bruce:~# hdparm -t /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 20.52 seconds = 3.12 MB/sec > > I'm running: > bruce:~# uname -a > Linux bruce 2.4.18r20020608 #1 Sat Jun 8 20:12:45 EST 2002 i686 Pentium > III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > > dmesg shows: > > PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:04.0. > ALI15X3: chipset revision 196 > ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > ALI15X3: simplex device: DMA disabled > ide0: ALI15X3 Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS) > ALI15X3: simplex device: DMA disabled > ide1: ALI15X3 Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS) > keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(ed) > keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(f4) > hda: QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30, ATA DISK drive > hdb: Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-105S 012, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > hdc: SONY CD-RW CRX140E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > > and the IDE part of my kernel config is: > # > # ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support > # > CONFIG_IDE=y > > # > # IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices > # > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y > > # > # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives > # > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y > CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_VENDOR is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_FUJITSU is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_IBM is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_MAXTOR is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_QUANTUM is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_SEAGATE is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_WD is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COMMERIAL is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TIVO is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m > > # > # IDE chipset support/bugfixes > # > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y > CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set > CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y > # CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set > # CONFIG_IDEDMA_NEW_DRIVE_LISTINGS is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set > # CONFIG_AEC62XX_TUNING is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set > # CONFIG_WDC_ALI15X3 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX is not set > # CONFIG_AMD74XX_OVERRIDE is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set > # CONFIG_HPT34X_AUTODMA is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX is not set > # CONFIG_PIIX_TUNING is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX is not set > # CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST is not set > # CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set > # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set > CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y > # CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set > # CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_HPT is not set > > Thanks for your help > > Martin > > -- > pgp public key at http://ocsc.ormond.unimelb.edu.au/~mstrauss/pgp_key.asc > or send email with subject: request key > Key fingerprint: C1C3 0D9B 8874 2181 F9DC DCCE 22A2 ECB5 4410 5F14 > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GCS/E/MU d? s: a--- C++++ UL+++++$ P++ L++(+++) E--- W+++ N+++ o+ K? > w--- O- M-- V- PS+++ PE Y++ PGP+++ t- 5- X- R+++ !tv b++++ DI+++ > D+(+++) G++++ e* h++ r% y+ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]