Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 15:52:01 -0400 From: "Donald J. Maddox" <root@scsn.net> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: dmaddox@scsn.net, sos@sos.freebsd.dk, cgull@smoke.marlboro.vt.us, doogie@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: code talks: announcing EIDE bus master patches Message-ID: <19970730155201.26891@scsn.net> In-Reply-To: <199707301305.WAA22063@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>; from Michael Smith on Wed, Jul 30, 1997 at 10:35:56PM %2B0930 References: <19970730083912.16090@scsn.net> <199707301305.WAA22063@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Wed, Jul 30, 1997 at 10:35:56PM +0930, Michael Smith wrote:
> Donald J. Maddox stands accused of saying:
> > ide_pci: warning, ide0:0 not configured for DMA?
> > ide_pci: warning, ide0:1 not configured for DMA?
> > ide_pci: warning, ide1:0 not configured for DMA?
> > ide_pci: warning, ide1:1 not configured for DMA?
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Adding the proper flag does indeed enable the DMA, but I could care
> > less about that, since I only have Win95/NT on IDE drives. I just want to
> > know why I am getting the messages from ide_pci, and how to shut them up.
>
> Turn on IDE busmastering in your BIOS. Note the syntax of the warning
> "not configured". That's a message from the chipset driver daying
> "why is this channel not configured for DMA?". It should probably
> just list the ports on which DMA is available and enabled/not enabled,
> but this is, after all, only beta-level code.
There is no such option that I can see in my BIOS setup. I am using an
ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 mainboard with BIOS version 2.047, but I can't recall ever
seeing any such option in a BIOS from ASUS.
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