Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 12:29:44 +0000 (GMT) From: Tim DeBoer <deboert@cletus.cornhusker.net> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@ptavv.es.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Enabling DMA Access Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0201121228410.77266-100000@cletus.cornhusker.net> In-Reply-To: <20020111233132.4BE625D17@ptavv.es.net>
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Thanks Kevin, That seemed to help a bit. Now, if I can just get rid of the random crashes ;) -- Tim DeBoer http://www.freebsd-geek.com "When you find yourself in the company of a Halfling and an ill-tempered Dragon, remember, you do not have to outrun the Dragon... ...you just have to outrun the Halfling." On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:28:23 +0000 (GMT) > > From: Tim DeBoer <deboert@cletus.cornhusker.net> > > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > Hi Everyone, > > I've been playing with DVD on my FBSD box, but it looks lik hell. > > The standard recomendation is to enable DMA access on ym drives, so I've > > been digging through various kern files I've found on the web. > > They all seem to call for > > > > options ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA # Enable DMA on ATAPI devices > > > > The problem is, I can't recompile if I add that to my kern. > > The error message reads unknown option "ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA" > > > > Am I missing a step here? Acutally I know I am, I just don't know what it > > is. > > This is obsolete. The new ata driver now sets this with a sysctl. > > Add: > hw.ata.atapi_dma="1" # Run the CD-ROM/DVD in DMA mode > to /boot/loader.conf. > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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