From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 23 May 2002 14:04:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 23 May 2002 14:04:05 -0400 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([212.71.160.16]:36369 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 May 2002 14:04:04 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 20:03:57 +0200 From: Tomas Szepe To: "Gryaznova E." Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IDE problem: linux-2.5.17 Message-ID: <20020523180357.GA725@louise.pinerecords.com> In-Reply-To: <3CECF59B.D471F505@namesys.botik.ru> <3CECFA15.8040707@evision-ventures.com> <3CED2B73.ABA3C95F@namesys.botik.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i X-OS: GNU/Linux 2.2.21 SMP X-Architecture: sparc X-Uptime: 21:50 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I have 40 wires cable. When ide=nodma is passed to 2.5.17 kernel - > kernel boots. Am I correct that it is not possible to have DMA > on with such cable? Is there any reason for doing that? 40-conductor IDE cables are capable of transfering data in DMA modes up to udma2, but no faster. T.