Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 26 Jan 1997 05:38:43 -0700 (MST) | From | "Jason P. Weiss" <> | Subject | Re: Ftape |
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(Just joined this thread so I may be off track.)
I had DMA problems with ftape starting with kernel 2.0.0. The solution was to upgrade to ftape-2.10 (or newer?) and run the program called swapout that came with ftape before loading the ftape module manually or by kerneld.
It appears dmaalloc() must have sufficient non-fragment memory in order to succeed. Swapout helps by defragmenting memory by allocating a five Meg chunk and then freeing it.
On 26 Jan 1997, Mark Turner wrote:
> Gary White <gary@netpathway.com> wrote: > > > > Anybody else have this problem? > > I have the same problem (except that my kerel was previously built for > a 386), similar motherboard, same tape drive, same tape controller, > also using DMA support, same error message. > > Cheers, > > Mark.
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