Messages in this thread | | | From | "Mark Szlaga" <> | Subject | RE: Unknown IDE chipset with Asus P5A motherboard. | Date | Tue, 17 Aug 1999 10:09:21 -0400 |
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> [mailto:owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu]On Behalf Of andre@suse.com > > Visit your local kernel mirror. > > ./pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ > > Also the chipset code what written on the Asus design. > > > Andre Hedrick > The Linux IDE guy > > On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Brent M. Smith wrote: > > > I get the following error on kernel startup when I moved to this > > motherboard (Asus P5A, with Aladdin V IDE chipset): > > > > PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device 78, > VID=10b9, DID=5229 > > PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled > > ide0: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS) > > PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled > > ide1: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS) > > > > The hard drive is detected as the following: > > > > hda: FUJITSU MPC3084AT, ATA DISK drive > > hda: FUJITSU MPC3084AT, 8063MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=1027/255/63 > > > > Now since this is a fairly common motherboard, I assume I have something > > set wrong in the bios, or the IDE guys have marked this as a hard drive > > that is unreliable or something. Basically, I just want to be able to > > turn the DMA on... hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda doesn't do the trick. It gives > > me an "Operation not permitted" on the HDIO_SET_DMA Ioctl. > > > > Thanks for your time in advance, > >
Asus uses the ALi Chipset on both the P5A and P5A-B (ATX and AT respectively). Support for it went into 2.3 a while ago and works like a champ.
Mark Szlaga Network Administrator Coast to Coast Telecommunications
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