No DMA :(

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Posted: 2007/03/15 10:57:33 | Source | More posts about Fedora problem

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I have “HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4082N” in my laptop. Few days back I burned first DVD, and it took me more than 1.5 hour :(

So, figured out that DMA is not enabled for my /dev/hdc. hdparm gives:

[root@kdlappy ~]# hdparm -v /dev/hdc/dev/hdc:


 IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)

 unmaskirq    =  0 (off)

 using_dma    =  0 (off)

 keepsettings =  0 (off)

 readonly     =  0 (off)

 readahead    = 256 (on)

 HDIO_GETGEO failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

Tried to enable it by:

hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc/dev/hdc:


 setting using_dma to 1 (on)

 HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted

 using_dma    =  0 (off)

Tried to compile the kernel myself, enabled almost everything under “ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support” in Device Driver area, no good luck. My current kernel is 2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6 Can anyone help me to enable DMA ?

Oh, and hdparm -i gives

[root@kdlappy ~]# hdparm -i /dev/hdc/dev/hdc:


Model=HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4082N, FwRev=HA01, SerialNo=M00684E5137

 Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }

 RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0

 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0

 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0

 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}

 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4

 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2

 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2

 AdvancedPM=no

 Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 3:  ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3 ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5


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