Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 15:24:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 15:24:03 -0500 Received: from [209.102.105.34] ([209.102.105.34]:20235 "EHLO monza.monza.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 15:23:48 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 12:22:22 -0800 From: Tim Wright To: Ettore Perazzoli Cc: timw@splhi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Interesting fs corruption story Message-ID: <20010307122222.A1254@kochanski.internal.splhi.com> Reply-To: timw@splhi.com Mail-Followup-To: Ettore Perazzoli , timw@splhi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010306170102.B1095@kochanski.internal.splhi.com> <983927410.11517.0.camel@milkplus.unknown.domain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <983927410.11517.0.camel@milkplus.unknown.domain>; from ettore@ximian.com on Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 08:10:10PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 08:10:10PM -0500, Ettore Perazzoli wrote: > On 06 Mar 2001 17:01:02 -0800, Tim Wright wrote: [...] > > The fix for me was to rebuild the kernel and make sure CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS > > was enabled. So, do you ever use power management and is this similar, or do > > you have a completely different problem ? > > Wow, this sounds like this might be the problem. I just checked my > `.config' and indeed `CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS' is not enabled. And indeed > I have been suspending/resuming the machine a few times before the > partition got corrupted. > > So, does DMA work correctly on your system after setting this option? Yes, it does. I have the drive running in UDMA mode 2, and get ~16MB/s from 'hdparm -t -T'. I have the "use DMA automatically" option turned on in the kernel, so I inherit the BIOS settings which are correct. I've used standby and hibernation with complete success since. Regards, Tim -- Tim Wright - timw@splhi.com or timw@aracnet.com or twright@us.ibm.com IBM Linux Technology Center, Beaverton, Oregon Interested in Linux scalability ? Look at http://lse.sourceforge.net/ "Nobody ever said I was charming, they said "Rimmer, you're a git!"" RD VI - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/