[Gllug] DVD's supporting DMA?

Rich Walker rw at shadow.org.uk
Mon May 23 14:41:46 UTC 2005


"Martin A. Brooks" <martin at hinterlands.org> writes:

> Rich Walker wrote:
>
>>Does anyone know which DVD writers perform *well* under Linux? And by
>>*well*, I mean "writing under DMA is supported so writing doesn't bring
>>the machine to a juddering halt".
>>
>
> That has nothing to do with your DVD writer.  Buy a motherboard with a
> properly supported IDE chipset and you won't have a problem (assuming
> your kernel is configured correctly).

!


>
>>The machine is running 2.4.28 - maybe that's the problem?
>>
>
> The 2.6 kernel series offer much improved IDE hardware support. YMMV.

Well, I'll try and schedule a reboot and change the kernel.

cheers, Rich.

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