[ILUG] hdparm and DMA "not permitted"

Tue May 22 12:49:58 IST 2001

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 10:19:28AM +0100, Conor Daly mentioned:
> > also:
> > what kernel version?
> > what IDE controller (lspci)?
>  
> [root at Valkerie /root]# cat /proc/pci
>   Bus  0, device  15, function  0:
>     IDE interface: Acer Labs M5229 TXpro (rev 193).
>       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable.
> Latency=32.  Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=4.
>       I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffa1].
> [root at Valkerie /root]# lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1541 (rev 04)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5243 (rev 04)
> 00:0f.0 IDE interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE (rev c1)
> [root at Valkerie /root]# uname -a
> Linux 2.2.16-22 #1 Tue Aug 22 16:16:55 EDT 2000 i586

 There you go. It's an ALi chipset. You need to compile in support for
that. Checkout "ALI M15x3 chipset support" in the ATA bit of the kernel config.

Kate

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