From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jul 30 20:16:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA27239 for current-outgoing; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 20:16:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA27092 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 20:15:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA25339; Thu, 31 Jul 1997 12:43:24 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707310313.MAA25339@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: code talks: announcing EIDE bus master patches In-Reply-To: <19970730155201.26891@scsn.net> from "Donald J. Maddox" at "Jul 30, 97 03:52:01 pm" To: dmaddox@scsn.net Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 12:43:24 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, dmaddox@scsn.net, sos@sos.freebsd.dk, cgull@smoke.marlboro.vt.us, doogie@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Donald J. Maddox stands accused of saying: > > > > Turn on IDE busmastering in your BIOS. Note the syntax of the warning > > "not configured". That's a message from the chipset driver daying > > "why is this channel not configured for DMA?". It should probably > > just list the ports on which DMA is available and enabled/not enabled, > > but this is, after all, only beta-level code. > > There is no such option that I can see in my BIOS setup. I am using an > ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 mainboard with BIOS version 2.047, but I can't recall ever > seeing any such option in a BIOS from ASUS. Then ignore the warnings and be happy; that's all they are. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[