Re: IDE BM-DMA on Dell GXPro

AndroSyn (androsyn@geocities.com)
Fri, 7 Nov 1997 20:31:25 -0500 (EST)


On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Neilski wrote:

> Just wondering why I get:
>
> kernel: ide: i82371 PIIX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 105
> kernel: ide: BM-DMA feature is not enabled (BIOS)
>
> on 2.0.30, Dell PPro 200 (GXPro model).
>
> Is this something I am really stuck with cos of the BIOS or is it
> get-round-able ?

I know there is a generic bus master DMA patch floating about. The patch
I have is against 2.1.x I dunno if there is a patch floating about 2.0.x.
I know Christian Brunner wrote the 2.1.x patch I have. So he'd be the one
to ask.

Laters,

Aaron