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Date:      Mon, 30 Apr 2001 05:31:38 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Michael.Radzewitz@freenet-ag.de, mh-freebsd-questions@space.Net
Subject:   Re: Enable DMA
Message-ID:  <20010430053138.A84209@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010430141526.D74981@everest.wananchi.com>; from wash@wananchi.com on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:15:26PM %2B0300
References:  <E5B3956864905342AE057EAAE922F2D301C976@staffbox> <20010430093859.B40233@Space.Net> <20010430141526.D74981@everest.wananchi.com>

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On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:15:26PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> * Martin Hasenbein <mh-freebsd-questions@space.Net> [20010430 10:38]: wri=
ting on the subject 'Re: Enable DMA'
> Martin> Michael Radzewitz (Michael.Radzewitz@freenet-ag.de) wrote:
> Martin> % Hello,
> Martin> % is there a possiblity to enable the DMA-Access or is
> Martin> % it enabled by default.
> Martin> %=20
> Martin> % Under Linux i have used the program: hdparm to do this
> Martin> %=20
> Martin> % Thanks in advance Michael
> Martin> %=20
> Martin> % To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> Martin> % with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
> Martin>=20
> Martin> Hi Michael,
> Martin>=20
> Martin> I think the the following kernel-option should do this;
> Martin> (or am I wrong??)
> Martin>=20
> Martin> # ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA: enable DMA on ATAPI device, since many AT=
API devices
> Martin> #                       claim to support DMA but doesn't actually=
 work, this
> Martin> #                       is not enabled as default.
> Martin>=20
> Martin> options         ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA
> Martin>=20
> Martin> \martin
>=20
>=20
> DEPRECATED!!
>=20
> man 4 ata

It's also for enabling DMA on ATAPI devices.  FreeBSD enables DMA by
default on ATA devices.

Kris

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