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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 23:12:57 -0600
From: James Curbo <phoenix@sandwich.net>
To: Ross Biro <rossb@google.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: DMA timeouts on Promise 20267 IDE card
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On Jan 09, Ross Biro wrote:

> I believe the low bit set in the dma_status means that the DMA transfer 
> is still in progress.  Since the timer has expired, that means it's been 
> in progress for 10 seconds.  Odds are the drive has stopped responding. 
> Since it's a Western Digital drive, it probably needs to be powercycled 
> to come back.
> 
> I don't think this is a problem with the controller card, but I could be 
> wrong.
> 
>    Ross
> 

Well, I have had the first drive for about a year and a half (I think) 
and the second drive since August. I never had any problems out of them
with the same controller card on my previous motherboard (MSI K7T
Turbo). The problems didn't arise until the other day when I got my new
board.

The errors occur over and over; the drive will come back for a few
seconds and then the error will occur again. I usually reboot at this
point.

-- 
James Curbo <hannibal@adtrw.org> <phoenix@sandwich.net>
http://www.adtrw.org/blogs/hannibal/
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