Re: Unable to enable IDE harddisc DMA on VIA KT 880, VIA VT 8237 chipset

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

"J. Grant" <jg@jguk.org> writes:

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> Hi Goswin,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
>> It seems to be very module dependent if you need ide-generic or not
>> and if you want to load it before or after the specific module. Seems
>> to be a big mess. So there isn't a simple solution like always load
>> ide-generic last or so.
>
> Would it be possible to for debian-installer to setup specific detected
> hardware?  For instance adding via82cxxx to /etc/modules ?

Talk to the mkinitrd maintainer. That is not something D-I intern and
also has to happen right on every kernel update.

> Otherwise, I wonder if there is a document or FAQ which this point and
> the other ide_scsi poings could be added to? Perhaps other Debian users
> are experencing these problems after their Sarge Install not completly
> setting up working DMA IDE drives, and DVD-Writing.

If you can't find one then start one and make it known.

> Kind regards
> JG

MfG
        Goswin