From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G0G0e-0003Fr-5H for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:02:32 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6BB04hE000336; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:00:04 GMT Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.5]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6BB03C3014965 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:00:03 GMT Received: from [172.23.170.138] (helo=anti-virus01-09) by smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G0FyF-0004PM-DA for gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:00:03 +0100 Received: from [82.33.156.118] (helo=linuxstation.homenetwork) by asmtp-out1.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G0FyE-0000IT-VL for gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:00:03 +0100 Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] dma? From: Gavin Seddon To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200607111200.57870.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> References: <1152608536.3568.15.camel@linuxstation.homenetwork> <200607111200.57870.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: University of Manchester Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:58:04 +0100 Message-Id: <1152615484.4316.0.camel@linuxstation.homenetwork> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3b0e84b7-96de-436e-a088-52ca27bfe0d0 X-Archives-Hash: 8f189d46cd609916e7c7043dd1132dc1 Yes, I tried this and, ' hdparm -d1 -X /dev/hda /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted setting xfermode to 0 (default PIO mode) using_dma = 0 (off) linuxstation mbpssgms # whoami root' On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 12:00 +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > On Tuesday 11 July 2006 11:02, Gavin Seddon wrote: > > Hi, > > I am using Reiser on a couple of my partitions. When booting it informs > > me the 'dma is turned off, this is slowing down fs checking. Also, > > occasionall I am instructed to ctrl D for a reboot. Is this normal for > > reiser? And, how do I turn dma on? > > man hdparn > > hdparm -d1 /dev/hdX > > isn't that part of the installation instructions? > > dma has nothing to do with the fs. -- Dr Gavin Seddon Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Manchester Oxford Road M13 9PL UK -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list