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On 30/09/06, Ryan Sims <rwsims@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Doesn't the all-generic-ide line prevent you from using DMA and such? |
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> The two objections I've seen to that is that it restricts the speed, |
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> and also renames the drives to hd* instead of sd*, so things would get |
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> switched around if I ever got to drop that parameter. |
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I'm not sure about DMA, actually. The DVD drive is the only thing |
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using it on my machine (the disks are SATA), so the performance and |
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device name isn't really a concern for me. It is all sorted out in |
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2.6.18, though, so if you upgrade to that immediately after getting |
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your base-installation done then you should be fine. |
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> > Another issue you might run into is getting the onboard RTL8168 |
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> > ethernet controller working. There is no in-kernel driver for this |
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> > thing. I managed to get the vendor-supplied driver compiling, but |
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> > isn't working correctly for me (it seems to be transmitting packets |
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> > fine but not receiving anything). I've not looked into it much since |
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> > there seems to be in-kernel support coming soon and I've got another |
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> > ethernet controller card to use in the meantime. There are also lots |
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> > of reports from people getting it working successfully, so it may just |
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> > be something stupid I'm doing. |
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> Yes, I'm seeing that, too. I think at this point I'm looking into |
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> other motherboards. |
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Maybe a good idea if you have the choice, but be careful. It seems a |
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lot of the i965 motherboards are using the JMicron, since the chipset |
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doesn't have a built-in IDE controller. |
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> Ryan W Sims |
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Cheers, |
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Duane. |
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