2.6.15rc kernel packages for FC4. (Dave Jones)

[William John Murray]

> 
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 10:06:57AM +0000, William John Murray wrote:
> 
>  >   Hello there. was hoping this would mean I could enable DMA support
>  > on the DVD, but no luck with 2.6.14-1.1768_FC4 or  2.6.14-1.1767_FC4.
>  >  I have
>  > options ide hdc=noprobe
>  > options libata atapi_enabled=1
>  > in /etc/modprobe.conf
>  > and have re-made the initrd as thinkwiki suggest, but the drive remains
>  > as /dev/hdc (I THINK it should move, am I correct?) and no DMA
> 
> it will stay as hdc if your bios is set to 'legacy' or 'combined' mode.
> 
> both those options should be unnecessary (the 2nd one is also pointless
> as libata isn't a module, and that option is on by default in this kernel).
> 
> file a bug, with the contents of your dmesg.
> 
> 		Dave
> 
> 
 Ah! I don't know if bugzilla is really the right place. Because as you
say it is not compiled as modules, I looked at kernel options. Adding 
hdc=noprobe as a boot option on the kernel fixes it. 
Should I file something on that?
                Bill
Ps I'm a happy customer, but maybe 1 is not enough?