[wplug] DMA

Alexandros Papadopoulos apapadop at cmu.edu
Tue Mar 11 19:27:26 EST 2003


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On Tuesday 11 March 2003 18:25, Henry Umansky wrote:
> I believe it supports it, because the following works:
>
> [root at localhost linux-2.4]# hdparm -d1 /dev/hda
>
> /dev/hda:
>  setting using_dma to 1 (on)
>  using_dma    =  1 (on)
>
> I'm not sure exactly how to check if its being emulated as a SCSI
> drive. 

Grab the list of loaded modules with
# lsmod

and look for ide-scsi or something similar.

To check what your drive supports, you can try other hdparm switches, 
like hdparm -i /dev/hdd

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