Re: 2.1.111: IDE DMA disabled?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 27 Jul 1998 02:06:57 +0100 (BST)

> Two years ago, all Digital Pentium systems shipped with the CDM640 chipset;
> they all came with a DMA driver fod DOS.
>
> It caused no end of problems (especially with Digital's Pathworks and PCI
> Ethernet devices), and I remember it well.

Less than fond memories. UDMA btw is automatically enabled by Losedows 98
so I doubt anyone will be shipping buggy UDMA support now 8)

Alan

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