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Re: horrible harddrive performance



On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 12:44:10PM +0200, Timeboy wrote:
> 
> Which kernel is running on this system? Sorry if my idea has nothing to do
> with your trouble. But i had a similar problem with my new Abit mainboard.
> And i used a board with ALI15x bevore too. How i know the ALI15x chipset
> is supported since kernel 2.4.0. The same with my current via chip of Abit
> board. The IDE bus of my Abit board is very very slow if i use a 2.2.x
> kernel. And it's possible that your ALI15x also have this problem if you
> use an 2.2.x kernel. If you use this old kernel, try kernel 2.4.x.

    Actually we finally got DMA enabled under 2.2.19, but it refuses to enable
under 2.4.9. 

    Mike

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