Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:09:19 +0100 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: [patch] VIA 4.2x driver for 2.2 kernels |
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On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 03:59:27PM -0800, Shane Wegner wrote:
> > You wanted my VIA driver for 2.2. Here is a patch that brings the very > > latest 4.2 driver to the 2.2 kernel. The patch is against the > > 2.2.19-pre13 kernel plus yours 1221 ide patch. > > This drivers breaks with my HP 8110 CD-R drive. It's > sitting on primary slave of a Via 686B controler. When I > try to do a hdparm -d1 -u1 -k1 /dev/hdb, the kernel locks > up hard. Not even an oops. Reverting to the old driver > works fine.
Don't do that. Use the kernel option to enable DMA instead.
Hmm, I'll have to look into this anyway - many users seem to do that and it isn't as harmless as it looks (it worked by pure luck with the previous version).
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