On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 08:15:51PM +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: > On Saturday, 30.04.2005 at 11:27 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 10:26:49PM +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: > > > On Friday, 29.04.2005 at 22:24 +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > > > > > > Thomas H. George wrote: > > > > > The result of lspci is: > > > > > > > > > > 0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. > > > > > VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) > > > > > 0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set > > > > > > > > That doesn't look good. > > > > > > Indeed. That may be the only thing you're missing. But, the question > > > arises as to why this option is not set. Did you intentionally disable > > > it, or did you start with a completely bare config? > > > > > Astounding!!! - CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX does not exist! > > Erm, but you've just shown us it in your config? If you can't find the > options to set it, then something is very wrong. > > > Normally I keep a copy of .config in the file /usr/src/konfig-2.6.8 and > > this is the file which was included in my last message. I ran > > menuconfig to try to set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX and could not find it. > > I stepped through make config and could not find it. Now the two files > > /usr/src/konfig-2.6.8 and /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8/.config are > > different and the former contains many more bug fix files than the > > latter. I am attaching the relevant sections of the two files in the > > hope that you might figure out what I have done wrong. > > It really, really sounds like you've managed to screw up your kernel > config. The above behaviour suggests that you might have forgotten to > do a 'make oldconfig' at some stage ... also note that 'make config' and > 'make menuconfig' might leave your .config files written slightly > differently. They should have the same *contents*, ultimately, but > perhaps laid out in a different way. > > Please persist in trying to get a Debian stock kernel working; this > sounds like your best bet. > Many thanks for your help as I bumbled my way through this problem.
After finding the difference between my konfig file and my .config file I copied the former back over the .config, stepped through make config and was able to enable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX. I compiled a new kernel and found hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdb turned on dma with no problem. Subsequently I ran make menuconfig and found it now included all the choices that were in konfig. So the problem is solved although I have no idea why some of the options had disappeared from .config. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
