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From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
Subject: Re: DMA support on Acer Travelmate 4150
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:47:44 -0800
Great!  File a bug report and we'll look into it.

On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 11:13 +0100, Frank Lester wrote:
> I have been for some time with Gentoo, but recently I bought an old
> Acer Travelmate 4150. The exactly problem is explained here:
> 
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-356400-highlight-travelmate
> +4150.html
> 
> It seems to exist a solution, and I was hoping that with 2007.0 the
> problem was solved, but it wasn't. So, looking at the explained
> solution, just a copuple of lines added, I would like to have this
> implemented in 2008.0. Now, it is almost impossible to install Gentoo
> on my Acer, it is so slowly that it can desesperate yourself.
> 
> I have tried Ubuntu 7.10 and the problem was solved with them. With
> Ubuntu 7.10 DMA is active. From Gentoo there is no way to activate DMA
> without the patch.
> 
> Thanks!
-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering Strategic Lead
Games Developer
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