Ron KA4INM Youvan wrote:
> Another possible problem, one I have, is since my mommy board
> doesn't have an INTEL controller chip set, and my kernal doesn't
> support dma for my (VIA)IDE controller, my HD's operate in the
> pio mode. (slow)
It's not slow. It's just bothers the CPU for transfers. That can
lead to not much else getting done when you're transferring data.
> (never a coaster) I am going to patch my kernal to get dma or udma asap.
What is your current kernel version? Are you familar with
Hendrick's IDE backport?
-- TheBS
-- Bryan "TheBS" Smith mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org chat:thebs413 Engineer AbsoluteValue Systems, Inc. http://www.linux-wlan.org President SmithConcepts, Inc. http://www.SmithConcepts.com
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