Re: Unable to enable IDE harddisc DMA on VIA KT 880, VIA VT 8237 chipset
"J. Grant" <jg@jguk.org> writes:
> now2g:/home/now3d# hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc
>
> /dev/hdc:
> setting using_dma to 1 (on)
> HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
> using_dma = 0 (off)
>
>
> I seem unable to enable DMA, which means it is very slow to use.. and
> causes my whole system to slow (even with nice -n19).
Check that you do not load ide-generic at boot time (or not at all)
but the specific driver for your chipset.
MfG
Goswin
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