2.2 kernels and IDE disk access

[gzf at gbrmail.msd.ray.com (Jerry Feldman {75562})]

"Charles C. Bennett, Jr." wrote:
> 
> > I discovered yesterday that the 2.2 kernels are set up not to use DMA to
> > drive your disks by default. When I upgrade, one of the first things I do is
> 
> I have lines in my rc.sysinit that enable DMA using hdparm commands.
> They also tweak the read-ahead block size and enable 32-bit transfers.
> 
> As for P-II support, the version of Red Hat shipped on VA boxes is
> recompiled for P-II.  I think Mandrake Linux does the same.
Thanks Charles. Do other Intel vendors provide optimized kernels or generic
kernels on their boxes. Also, when you mention Mandrake, are you referring
to the CD or the actual preinstalled system.

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