Re: 2.1.111: IDE DMA disabled?

Andrea Arcangeli (arcangeli@mbox.queen.it)
Sun, 2 Aug 1998 02:33:42 +0200 (CEST)


On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Linus Torvalds wrote:

>It's just that I personally think that even if on just 1% of machines we
>have occasional problems because 1% fo all machines are sub-spec, then we
>shouldn't default to being as aggressive as we are.

So we should patch also the sound dma subsystem to not use the
enable_dma()/disable_dma() loops that totally lock my last very recent P5
UP Epox motherboard (VIA chipset)? Removing such
enable_dma()/disable_dma() fixed _perfectly_ the 2.1.x sound drivers on my
Epox motherboard (that now is returned to my reseller after showing the
hardware bug with an ugly M$DOG program that I had to develop to drive the
soundblaster as linux 2.1.x currently does under M$dog ;-).

I don' t know how many Epox motherboard are running Linux 2.0.x with a
soundcard out there... We will see after 2.2.0 will be released ;-).

Andrea[s] Arcangeli

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