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From: mru@kth.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=)
Subject: Re: Any hope for HPT372/HPT374 IDE controller?
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 00:01:36 +0100
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tomwallard@soon.com writes:

> Many people seem to have problems with the Highpoint HPT372 and HPT374 IDE
> controllers. Several months ago there was a thread in which many people
> reported failure and not many people reported success. For example, "hdX:
> lost interrupt" errors right before a crash are a common problem. This was
> happening over a wide range of kernel versions. In my case it happens more
> quickly if there is heavy network or video load at the same time as heavy
> load on this controller. (This is a motherboard with a KT400 chipset).
>
> Have any recent improvements been made? Does anyone have one of
> these controllers actually working correctly? Does anyone have any
> idea where to begin tracking this problem down?

Mine is working wonderfully.  Linux 2.4.22 and 2.6.0 both work with a
HTP374 based RocketRAID 1540 SATA card in an Alpha SX164.  Would
anyone like more details about the system?

-- 
M?ns Rullg?rd
mru@kth.se

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