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From: "Nikolay N. Ivanov" <nn@nndl.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.15.x - very slow disk-writing
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:14:15 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43F2F0E7.7080103@nndl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060214205458.10328f36.akpm@osdl.org>


> The disk isn't using DMA.
> 
> Check your IDE config settings, make sure that the right chipset support is
> turned on, that "Generic PCI bus-master DMA support" is enabled, check
> "Force enable legacy 2.0.X HOSTS to use DMA", "Use PCI DMA by default when
> available", "Enable DMA only for disks", etc.
> 
> If none of that gets it into DMA mode then we might have broken the IDE
> driver.

I've forgotten to switch on my VIA-chipset support. The problem was 
about 20 inches in front of my monitor. Sorry to troubled you.

Andrew, Lee, thanks a lot!

-- 
Nikolay N. Ivanov
mailto: nn@nndl.org

  reply	other threads:[~2006-02-15  6:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-13 21:13 2.6.15.x - very slow disk-writing Nikolay N. Ivanov
2006-02-14  4:05 ` Andrew Morton
     [not found]   ` <43F2BEE5.5060002@nndl.org>
     [not found]     ` <20060214193121.752767ee.akpm@osdl.org>
2006-02-15  7:09       ` Nikolay N. Ivanov
2006-02-15  4:52         ` Lee Revell
2006-02-15  4:54         ` Andrew Morton
2006-02-15  9:14           ` Nikolay N. Ivanov [this message]
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2006-02-15  5:44 Nikolay N. Ivanov

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