Re: 2.6.1 "clock preempt"?

[john stultz <johnstul _at_ xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 12:00, timothy parkinson wrote:
> su -c "/usr/sbin/hdparm /dev/hda"
> Password:
> 
> /dev/hda:
>  multcount    = 16 (on)
>  IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
>  unmaskirq    =  0 (off)
>  using_dma    =  0 (off)
>  keepsettings =  0 (off)
>  readonly     =  0 (off)
>  readahead    = 256 (on)
>  geometry     = 65535/16/63, sectors = 156301488, start = 0
> 
> but...
> 
> su -c "/usr/sbin/hdparm -d1 /dev/hda"
> Password:
> 
> /dev/hda:
>  setting using_dma to 1 (on)
>  HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
>  using_dma    =  0 (off)
> 
> it's an 80gig western digital from about 2-3 years ago.

Its likely you need to enable support in the kernel for your IDE
controller, or your DMA on your controller isn't supported. 

thanks
-john

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