Kernel 2.6.5, hdparm dma, and AK72
Hello all,
I'm using slackware 9.1 with kernel 2.6.5. I'm trying to tweak my hard drive to perform better by using hdparm, but apparently I didn't compile something in the kernel that I needed to... I'm using an AOpen AK72 motherboard (can't show the url...grr...just do a google search on AK72 and it's the phase out one) and a Maxtor 120 gig hard drive (I know, I know, eww). I recently switched from Debian to Slackware, and I think I missed some setting that I had in the kernel beforehand. When I do this: root@galadriel:/# hdparm -d1 /dev/hda I get this: /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma = 0 (off) root@galadriel:/# This is not good. I don't want to enable random chipsets and quite frankly, when it comes to chipsets, I'm lost. All I know is that my (two) chipsets are VIA KX133 and VIA 686B. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. |
Post bump and update
Got a bit of a problem: when doing hdparm -tT on the system, I get a fast cacheing, but as far as the read ahead, it's insanely slow (2-3 mb/sec, not good). This seems to be a consistant problem with the VIA stuff...ideas? |
I think I might have it, but I won't be able to test until I get home today.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ghlight=hdparm Thanks for all your help :rolleyes: |
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