From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jul 30 06:07:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA29103 for current-outgoing; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 06:07:16 -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 GAA29096 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 06:07:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id WAA22063; Wed, 30 Jul 1997 22:35:56 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707301305.WAA22063@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: code talks: announcing EIDE bus master patches In-Reply-To: <19970730083912.16090@scsn.net> from "Donald J. Maddox" at "Jul 30, 97 08:39:12 am" To: dmaddox@scsn.net Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 22:35:56 +0930 (CST) Cc: sos@sos.freebsd.dk, dmaddox@scsn.net, 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: > ide_pci: warning, ide0:0 not configured for DMA? > ide_pci: warning, ide0:1 not configured for DMA? > ide_pci: warning, ide1:0 not configured for DMA? > ide_pci: warning, ide1:1 not configured for DMA? > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Adding the proper flag does indeed enable the DMA, but I could care > less about that, since I only have Win95/NT on IDE drives. I just want to > know why I am getting the messages from ide_pci, and how to shut them up. 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. (Damn fine beta-level code if you ask me, but all the same..) > I should have been more specific in my original msg. Yes. 8) -- ]] 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 [[