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201-450 · Question #21

How can DMA be enabled for the device /dev/hda?

The correct answer is D. hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Filesystem and Devices

Question

How can DMA be enabled for the device /dev/hda?

Options

  • Aecho "1" >/proc/ide/hda/dma
  • Bsysctl -w dev.ide.dma=1
  • Cdma add /dev/hda
  • Dhdparm -d 1 /dev/hda
  • Einsmod dma dev=/dev/hda

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  • A
    10% (2)
  • C
    10% (2)
  • D
    76% (16)
  • E
    5% (1)

Topics

#DMA#hdparm#IDE devices#disk performance

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