Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753142AbXE3KMZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 May 2007 06:12:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751578AbXE3KMP (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 May 2007 06:12:15 -0400 Received: from eos.fwall.u-szeged.hu ([160.114.120.248]:58998 "EHLO eos.fwall.u-szeged.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751527AbXE3KMN (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 May 2007 06:12:13 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 2533 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 30 May 2007 06:12:13 EDT Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 11:30:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Geller Sandor To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: HPT374 IDE problem with 2.6.21.* kernels Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-SZTE-local: YES X-SZTE-HU-local: YES X-SZTE-AVcheck: YES Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1246 Lines: 29 Hi, I saw a similar report yesterday with '2.6.21.1 - 97% wait time on IDE operations' subject. After upgrading from 2.6.20.7 kernel to 2.6.21.1 my system started to reset infrequenly the IDE bus. In the syslog DMA timeout, resetting IDE bus messages appeared. I've changed the two disks attached to the HPT374 controller, and always the first disk had problems. I've replaced cables, plugged the disks into other IDE ports, but it was only a matter of time to experience an IDE reset. When I upgraded to 2.6.21.3 the resets became much more frequent, this time even DMA was disabled too on the first disk. I turned DMA back Manually with hdparm, and a few seconds of intense IO activity resulted in another IDE reset. Reverting back to 2.6.20.12 the problem seems to be gone. BTW I'm using the PATA driver for the HTP374, not the libata one. Is this a known problem/ is there a way I can help locating the cause of the problem? Regards, Geller Sandor - 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/