For some reason, after upgrading to 2.6.11.8, my system became unbelievably slow, especially when trying to load applications. I just checked hdparm, and it says that my dma is turned off
Code:
/dev/hda1:
multcount = 16 (on)
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 0 (off)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 256 (on)
geometry = 65535/16/63, sectors = 10489618944, start = 135807903
when typing hdparm -d /dev/hda, all i get is
Code:
/dev/hda:
using_dma = 0 (off)
hdparm -d1 /dev/hda
Code:
/dev/hda:
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
using_dma = 0 (off)
searching through my .config file,
Code:
root@xushitop:/usr/src/linux# cat .config | grep DMA
CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_FORCED is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_ONLYDISK is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
Hmm.. =/
EDIT:
Could it be that i don't have a chipset enabled in ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support?
my chipset afaik is an
Code:
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 01)
The closest i can find in the kernel is the
Intel PIIXn chipset support