Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-20 Thread Chris Howells
Ethan Benson wrote: > what chipset? some (VIA) have been blacklisted in the kernel since > they are too buggy (or the kernel driver is too buggy) Nope, like I said in the original message, the Intel LX. The same hardware has worked fine under Mandrake, with the same kernel version. -- Chris Ho

Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-20 Thread Claus
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: >: On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 07:59:57AM +, Chris Howells wrote: >: > > Generally you need to be root to use hdparm. >: > >: > I am root! I wouldn't imagine it working it with a non-priveleged user. >: > >: > There seems to be a gerneral problem w

Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-19 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Phil Brutsche wrote: > > Yes you will but you still don't need hdparm to set DMA mode. > > Kernel 2.4 is *very* good at doing that automatically, provided you have > your kernel compiled right. I had my kernel compiled with DMA support, passed some command line parameters thr

Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-19 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > Even more generally you shouldn't need to use hdparm with 2.4.x kernels. > > 2.4.x has much better IDE support. > > I get much better benchmark results with DMA set on. Yes you will but y

Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-19 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 07:59:57AM +, Chris Howells wrote: > > Generally you need to be root to use hdparm. > > I am root! I wouldn't imagine it working it with a non-priveleged user. > > There seems to be a gerneral problem with hdparm not being happy under > the 2.4 kernel -- if I boot 2.2

Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > is your kernel compiled with dma support? because if it's > > not, thats not gonna work. > > Yup, pretty sure it is. I'll check though. If your chipset supports DMA, along with your drives, and you select the "Use DMA when available..." option in the kernel, it should already have DMA enabled

Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-19 Thread Chris Howells
Forrest English wrote: is your kernel compiled with dma support? because if it's not, thats not gonna work. Yup, pretty sure it is. I'll check though. Cheers, -- Chris Howells E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 93699029 Web: http://www.chowells.uklinux.net

Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-19 Thread Chris Howells
Generally you need to be root to use hdparm. I am root! I wouldn't imagine it working it with a non-priveleged user. There seems to be a gerneral problem with hdparm not being happy under the 2.4 kernel -- if I boot 2.2.18 again it works fine. Even more generally you shouldn't need to use h

Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-18 Thread Forrest English
is your kernel compiled with dma support? because if it's not, thats not gonna work. -- Forrest English http://truffula.net "When we have nothing left to give There will be no reason for us to live But when we have nothing left to lose You will have nothing left to use" -Fugazi On Sun, 18

Re: Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-18 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I'm having trouble using hdparm (versions 3.6 and 4.1) on a Debian > Potato system. > > When I do: > > hdparm -d1 /dev/hda > > The message is: HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted. >

Hdparm and 2.4 kernel

2001-03-18 Thread Chris Howells
I'm having trouble using hdparm (versions 3.6 and 4.1) on a Debian Potato system. When I do: hdparm -d1 /dev/hda The message is: HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted. Does anybody have any suggesstions why? The same hardware worked with DMA under Linux on Mandrake 7.0 (LX chipset + M