Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265742AbUAPQwk (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:52:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265745AbUAPQwk (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:52:40 -0500 Received: from smtp106.mail.sc5.yahoo.com ([66.163.169.226]:56978 "HELO smtp106.mail.sc5.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S265742AbUAPQwi (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:52:38 -0500 From: Murilo Pontes To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Nforce2 66MHz IDE without idebus=xx and "Athlon-xp powersaving system lock" Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:52:25 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.94 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200401161352.25732.murilo_pontes@yahoo.com.br> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2400 Lines: 56 If all Nvidia Nforce2 based systems have 2 pci buses (First is 66mhz for onboard devices and second is 33mhz for pci expansion slots) and IDE controller work in 66mhz, will be change kernel to start IDE controller in 66mhz mode automatic? Athlon-xp powersaving lock-up: mm series disable 'Halt Disconnect and Stop Grant Disconnect' on boot! Without mm patchs I disable it with "athcool" tool, kernel developers maybe include automatic disable 'Halt Disconnect and Stop Grant Disconnect' on Linus tree? from athcool menssages ===================================== !!!WARNING!!! Depending on your motherboard and/or hardware components, enabling Athlon powersaving mode sometimes causes that * noisy or distorted sound playback * a slowdown in harddisk performance * system locks or instability ======================================= dmesg ================================================ ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx NFORCE2: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:09.0 NFORCE2: chipset revision 162 NFORCE2: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later NFORCE2: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround. ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx NFORCE2: 0000:00:09.0 (rev a2) UDMA133 controller ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA hda: Maxtor 6E040L0, ATA DISK drive hdb: HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 hda: max request size: 128KiB hda: 80293248 sectors (41110 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(133) ================================================== lspci -v =================================================== 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 5700 Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0 I/O ports at f000 [size=16] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 ==================================================== Thanks - 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/