Re: (fwd) Re: Bug#289770: kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686: 2.6.10 fails to set up DMA on my IBM thinkpad

Re: (fwd) Re: Bug#289770: kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686: 2.6.10 fails to set up DMA on my IBM thinkpad

[Marcin Kuk]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 08:02:01PM +0000, Philip Armstrong wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 01:52:33PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > On Wednesday 12 January 2005 13:02, Philip Armstrong wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 08:53:45PM +0100, maximilian attems wrote:
> > > > dma on a thinkpad  600E worked for 2.6.8, but didn't since 2.6.9
> > > > also non working 2.6.10.
> > > > 
> > > > -hda: 12594960 sectors (6448 MB) w/460KiB Cache, CHS=13328/15/63, UDMA(33)
> > > > +hda: 12594960 sectors (6448 MB) w/460KiB Cache, CHS=13328/15/63
> > > > 
> > > > could you please look at the following ide dma bug report for piix in
> > > > debian -> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=289770
> > > > full dmesg of both 2.6.8 and 2.6.10 are posted there.
> > 
> > "something" steals resource needed for IDE driver so no DMA
> 
> Further investigation reveals that turning off CONFIG_PNPBIOS solves
> the problem.
> 
> With PNPBIOS set, the kernel seems to think that the io range is in
> use regardless of whether quickboot is set in the BIOS or not.

I have Toshiba Satellite 320CDT.
I compiled 2.6.10 vanilla kernel with CONFIG_PNPBIOS disabled.
All IDE drivers was compiled into the kernel.
I can't still enable DMA for my harrddisk.
This is my earlier crying:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=110789166000004&r=1&w=2

What can I do?

Best regards

-- 
Marcin Kuk