[Hoary] DMA still not on by default. Hardware DB, Can I help?

[Matt Galvin]

On Apr 2, 2005 3:34 PM, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 09:10:09PM +0100, Jon Dixon wrote:
> 
> > There is a workaround to the dma issue that works for my laptop on hoary.
> >
> > $ sudo update-rc.d -f hdparm remove
> >
> > $ sudo update-rc.d hdparm start 50 S . stop 75 0 6 .
> >
> > See if it works for you.
> 
> That's a different issue, and the workaround is no longer necessary since
> hdparm 5.8-1ubuntu3.
> 
> It shouldn't be necessary to use hdparm at all; DMA should be automatically
> enabled where it works. 

I know my drive works with DMA on but its not on by default. What data
can I submit to help out(er, get my drive on the list of stuff that
works)? Where can I send it?

Matt G

> That is the bit which will require time and data
> collection.
> 
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