How to switch on IDE-DMA on Sun Blade 100?

From: Alexandros Gougousoudis (nospam_ag_at_aloha-systeme.de)
Date: 09/30/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:16:03 +0200

Hi,

I noticed hight CPU usage when using the harddrive on my Sun Blade 100
(Solaris 8), which leads to the assumtion that the IDE-DMA is switched off.
How can it be switched on? I googled two days and found nothing. Can it be
done? And how?

TIA
 Alex

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