Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Quick Search: in
DMA not enabled during bootup's fsck
View unanswered posts
View posts from last 24 hours

 
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Kernel & Hardware
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
daschapa
Tux's lil' helper
Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 01 Sep 2006
Posts: 80

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 4:32 am    Post subject: DMA not enabled during bootup's fsck Reply with quote

Im getting the following error during the bootup fsck
Code:

******************************************************
* Warning: The dma on your hard drive is turned off. *
* This may really slow down the fsck process.        *
******************************************************

I've tried to enable DMA with /etc/init.d/hdparm but it loads before fsck.
Maybe I'm needing to enable/disable something in kernel, but i don't guess what it would be. I've enabled DMA for IDE and ATA in menuconfig and recompiled the kernel, but fsck stills showing the message.
Any suggestion?
Thanx.
_________________
======================
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
lost+found
Guru
Guru


Joined: 15 Nov 2004
Posts: 509
Location: North~Sea~Coa~s~~t~~~

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 5:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hi,
maybe go into your bios, and enable dma for your drive there...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
jabol
Apprentice
Apprentice


Joined: 05 Oct 2005
Posts: 269

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 7:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,
had the same problem for at least a year now. I just ignore it and run hdparm in boot runlevel to enable it for afterwards.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
daschapa
Tux's lil' helper
Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 01 Sep 2006
Posts: 80

PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The weird thing is that warning started before an update, some months ago
_________________
======================
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
eccerr0r
Watchman
Watchman


Joined: 01 Jul 2004
Posts: 9891
Location: almost Mile High in the USA

PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Make sure your kernel has DMA automatically turned on, and/or your driver correct for your hardware. Likely a kernel update did not allow DMA to automatically turn on.

The machine will still run fine, but it'll be S.L.O.W running in PIO mode.
_________________
Intel Core i7 2700K/Radeon R7 250/24GB DDR3/256GB SSD
What am I supposed watching?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
daschapa
Tux's lil' helper
Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 01 Sep 2006
Posts: 80

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

eccerr0r wrote:
Make sure your kernel has DMA automatically turned on, and/or your driver correct for your hardware. Likely a kernel update did not allow DMA to automatically turn on.

The machine will still run fine, but it'll be S.L.O.W running in PIO mode.


This is my kernel config
Code:

Device Drivers --->
   ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL Support --->
      <*> Generic/default IDE chipset support
            PCI IDE Chipset Support --->
               <*>   Generic PCI IDE Chipset Support
               [*]   Generic PCI bus-master DMA support --->
                     [*]   Use PCI DMA by default when available
                     <*>   VIA82CXXX chipset support

I'm able to turn on DMA with /etc/init.d/hdparm, but i'm aren't able to tur it on by default for some reason. Maybe i have to turn another feature "ON" in kernel.
_________________
======================
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Kernel & Hardware All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum