[lug] RH Linux download + hdparm

[John Karns]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, John Karns said:

> controllers, hdd's and kernel version.  My kernel supports DMA via the
> generic IDE DMA rather than specifically for the chip.
>
> I wonder if chip specific support would increase performance.

In answer to my own question, I tried booting a 2.4.11 kernel which comes
closer (than the generic IDE driver) to supporting the Intel chip in my
Inspiron (but it still not specific to my chip.  It did increase
performance by just under 10 percent.

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John Karns                                        jkarns at csd.net