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Re: can't set hdparm -d1 and correct kernel config



On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 18:14, Benedict Verheyen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i have 2 matrox hd disks and whenever i want to set the dma to 1 i get this error:
> HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
> The first is a 40 Gb Matrox IDE and the second a 120 GB Matrox IDE.
> They are recent disks (< 1 year). My motherboard is abit b6, intel 440bx chipset PIIX4 IDE. lspci reports that it's a intel 440bx chipset (82443 BX/ 82371 EB)
> 
> A while ago i recompiled the kernel for LVM support and i think i might have excluded something that the kernel needs to set the dma.
> What kernel options do i need to have set in order to allow dma=1?

Is your kernel configured for the 440BX chipset?

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