Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 13:58:18 +0100 From: Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: setting readonly hw.ata.atapi_dma Message-ID: <20020801125818.GK4074@irrelevant.org> In-Reply-To: <20020801143936.A338@gicco.cablecom.ch> References: <20020801142717.B460@gicco.cablecom.ch> <20020801122933.GJ4074@irrelevant.org> <20020801143936.A338@gicco.cablecom.ch>
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On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 02:39:36PM +0200, Hanspeter Roth wrote: > On Aug 01 at 13:29, Simon Dick spoke: > > > On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 02:27:17PM +0200, Hanspeter Roth wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I want to set hw.ata.atapi_dma to 1. But using sysctl it tells me > > > hw.ata.atapi_dma is read only. > > > How can I set it to 1? Is there a specific kernel configuration > > > option? > > > > Try setting it in /boot/loader.conf as > > hw.ata.atapi_dma="1" > > Aha. Indeed that works. > I'd thought this belongs into /etc/sysctl.conf. So did I at first, but that sysctl is read only once the kernel has been loaded, so it sort of makes sense that it can only be set by the loader :) -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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