On 2003-06-02 at 00:57:41-0400 Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You'll need the errata kernel for some of the chipset support, but > yes, other things should work. I can confirm this. The kernel that came with RHL9 didn't understand the chipset (i.e., the southbridge), so DMA didn't work on any IDE devices. (The full install took hours... ugh.) The latest errata kernel understands the southbridge (an ICH4), and automatically enables DMA on IDE devices. I'm writing a review of the Dell Latitude D600 laptop for the "Linux on Laptops" web site. Hopefully I'll have it finished sometime next week... -- James Ralston, Information Technology Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
