Re: [OT] Moving away from KDE to what?
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 11:01:16PM -0800, nate wrote:
> Sandip P Deshmukh said:
>
> > my question - why doesnt debian turn dma on by default? dont we like fast
> > machines?
>
> safety. Theres a lot of systems out there that do not support DMA
> or the driver is not mature enough. My mom's CTX laptop for example
> will lock up hard if DMA is turned on. I stopped using the IDE on
> VIA chipsets more then 2 years ago because of DMA problems(I now
> use Promise ATA/100 PCI cards instead). I think its a good idea
> to ship with it disabled though it would be nice if it was easier
> to turn on for the newbies.
>
> > one small question - how do i know which kernel version am i using? i
> > could not find anything that looks like kernel and has a version number of
> > 2.4.19 in dselect
>
> the version you are running *now* can be determined from:
>
> uname -a
>
> (or more specifically uname -r)
>
>
> > thanx a ton. does a discussion like this better suited in installation
> > manuals of debian?
>
> not sure, I've never really used hdparm myself, I compile my own
> kernels and enable DMA in the kernels themselves(2.2.19) if I need
> them. Haven't played much with 2.4.x kernels yet.
>
> nate
>
The more recent VIA chipsets appear to handle DMA without these
problems, but I had a similar situation a few years back. At the time
I thought it was the Western Digital drive, but that is now is working
fine with DMA enabled on a newer motherboard with a VIA vt82c686b UDMA
100 controller.
Bob
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