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Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 15:40:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
To: Jan-Hinnerk Reichert <jan-hinnerk_reichert@hamburg.de>
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Subject: Re: DMA problems w/ PIIX3 IDE, 2.4.20-pre4-ac2
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Yep I had that problem too and fixed it.
Please try a newer pre5-acX


On Sat, 14 Sep 2002, Jan-Hinnerk Reichert wrote:

> Florian Hinzmann wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I have problems with DMA mode at one of my boxes ( more technical
> > details at the end of this mail ).
> [...] 
> > But I do issue a "hdparm -d0" for each of them at bootup currently and
> > they are running fine then. Enabling DMA with "hdparm -d1" (or not using
> > hdparm at all) leads to errors like the following quite fast and
> > reproducable:
> > 
> > kernel: hdb: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x60
> > kernel: hdb: timeout waiting for DMA
> > kernel: hdb: timeout waiting for DMA
> > kernel: hdb: (__ide_dma_test_irq) called while not waiting
> > kernel: hdb: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> > DataRequest } kernel:
> > kernel: hdb: drive not ready for command
> > 
> > Turning DMA off again stops these.
> > 
> > 
> > I'd love to hear any experience other people have with this mainboard
> > or even some statement if DMA is supposed to work with my setup.
> 
> I had some problems like this using 2.4.17 on a PIIX3 board (don't know the 
> board type). The problems disappeared after switching to 2.4.19. 
> Unforunately I had to change the processor and processor fan about the same 
> time.
> 
> I tend to believe that this problem was related to CPU temperature not to 
> kernel bugs. I don't have any means of measuring CPU temperature on this 
> board. But the old CPU certainly burnt out, because the fan was not 
> working too well ;-(((
> 
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Andre Hedrick
LAD Storage Consulting Group

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