Re: DMA with IDE on Triton II

Thanks Bob and Bruce for your suggestions. Quoting Bob Nielsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Have you compiled your kernel with > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRITON=y Yes, I have. > I get: > > hdparm -d1 /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > using_dma= 1 (on) > > > However, the man pa

Re: DMA with IDE on Triton II

I think you have to re-build the kernel with Triton IDE DMA support enabled. Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-35

Re: DMA with IDE on Triton II

Have you compiled your kernel with CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRITON=y I get: hdparm -d1 /dev/hda /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) using_dma= 1 (on) However, the man page says: -d Disable/enable the "using_dma" flag for this drive. This option only works with a few combin

DMA with IDE on Triton II

Hi, I've been fiddling with hdparm, trying to improve the I/O performance of my machine (Gateway PII 233, 96Mb, 3.2Gb IDE disk). However, I can't get hdparm to turn on the DMA mode: # hdparm -d1 /dev/hda /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted