On Friday 14 September 2007, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > On 09/07/2007 06:47 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >>> This is useful when debugging, handling problem systems, or for > >>> distributions just to get the system installed so it can be sorted > >>> out later. > >>> > >>> This is a bit smarter than the old IDE one and lets you do > >>> > >>> libata.pata_dma=0 Disable all PATA DMA like old IDE 2.6.24 will have "hdx=nodma" > >>> libata.pata_dma=1 Disk DMA only > >>> libata.pata_dma=2 ATAPI DMA only > >>> libata.pata_dma=4 CF DMA only > >>> > > > > FWIW -- as I noted to Alan personally at KS, I would rather drop the > > "pata_" and have it apply to all, PATA or SATA. > > > > Not sure that's a good idea for people who need to use it as a workaround. > E.g. they might have DMA working on some SATA devices but not on PATA, and > only want to disable the PATA DMA. Either adding a separate "sata_dma" or > additional bitfields for SATA would be useful. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
