[Sussex] Newbie Kernel problems ...

[Steve Dobson]

Dom

On 16 July 2003 at 10:07 Dominic Clay wrote: 
> Could you give me a clue where abouts (in menuconfig?)
>  I can switch this IDE DMA flag?

  ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support -->
     <*> ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support
        IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices -->
           <*> Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/tape/floppy support
           [*] Use multi-mode by default      <---- This might help - see
help
           <*> Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM supprt
           [*] CMD640 chipset bugfix/support
           [*] PIC IDE chipset support
           [*]   Generic PCI IDE Chipset Support
           [*]   Sharing PCI IDE Interrupt suppoprt
           [*]   Generic PCI bus-master DMA support
           [*] Use PCI DMA by default when available

Here are the main settings for mine, note DMA is used on my Sony and 
a friend's Dell with out problems.  If you want I can send you
that config file for 2.4.18 and you can try that.  Just shout.

Steve