hdparm error- HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted...

[kuber]

I have been using ecasound for some multitrack recording and have found I need to correct some latency issues... I found that it is recommended to run hdparm as such:
hdparm -m 8 -d 1 -u 1 -c 1 /dev/hda
I did, and got the output:
/dev/hda:
setting 32-bit I/O support flag to 1
setting multcount to 8
setting unmaskirq to 1 (on)
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
multcount = 8 (on)
I/O support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 0 (off)

Any idea why I cant set to use dma?
Thanks

[godot]

do you have dma enabled in your kernel?
you need Intel PIIxn chipset tuning support or something like that