Re: IDEDMA problems.

Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Thu, 4 Dec 1997 11:40:00 +0100 (MET)

mlord wrote:
>
> C. Scott Ananian wrote:
> >
> > The test is still reporting "Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)" even after
> > my previously posted fix to the test -- I suspect

> The message is likely 100% correct: Linux does not try to override
> the BIOS setup, and if the BIOS has decided not to use DMA, then
> Linux respects the decision, for now.

Mark, It might be a good idea to make that a little more clear in
the message. There is a dangling noun there that is perfectly clear
to you because you wrote it.

Bus-Master DMA was disabled by the BIOS.

Regards,

Roger.

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