Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 10:39:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org> To: Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Activating DMA for IDE drives Message-ID: <20020707103844.E37645-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> In-Reply-To: <20020707101703.206fec98.yid@softhome.net>
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On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Joshua Lee wrote: > How do I activate DMA for IDE hard drives and CD-ROMS? I remember Linux > had something called hdparm for this, I'm sure BSD can do it too but I'm > not sure how... If your controller and hd support DMA, FreeBSD automatically turns it on... For atapi devices, you should edit /boot/loader.conf and put this line there: hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 then reboot. That will turn on DMA for any atapi device that supports it. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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