Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:44:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:44:10 -0400 Received: from 167.imtp.Ilyichevsk.Odessa.UA ([195.66.192.167]:61705 "EHLO Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:44:10 -0400 Message-Id: <200204111341.g3BDfJX10546@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: Denis Vlasenko Reply-To: vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua To: Martin Dalecki Subject: Re: New IDE code and DMA failures Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:44:29 -0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] Cc: Jens Axboe , Martin Dalecki , Vojtech Pavlik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200204111236.g3BCaMX10247@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <3CB57C1F.9060607@evision-ventures.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 11 April 2002 10:05, Martin Dalecki wrote: > > Since you are working on IDE subsystem, I will be glad to > > *retain* my flaky IDE setup and test future kernels > > for correct operation in this failure mode. > > > > Please inform me whenever you want me to test your patches. > > Guessing from the symptoms I would rather suggest that: > > 1. Are you sure you have the support for your chipset properly > enabled? It's allmost a must for DMA. I am deadly sure. lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX Host bridge (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX AGP bridge (rev 03) 00:04.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 01) 00:04.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 00:04.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 01) 00:06.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 24) 00:0a.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W [Millennium II] 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS) /boot/2.4.7/config: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y > 2. Could you please report about the hardware you have. There are > chipsets around there which are using theyr own transport layer > implementations. host chip (aka south bridge) disk types and so on. # hdparm -i /dev/hda Model=Maxtor 51369U3, FwRev=DA620CQ0, SerialNo=EK3HAE61C Config={ Fixed } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57 BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=0(slow) CurCHS=17475/15/63, CurSects=16513875, LBA=yes LBA CHS=512/511/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=26520480 tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4 UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2 # hdparm -i /dev/hdc Model=ST31277A, FwRev=0.75, SerialNo=VAE07701 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% } RawCHS=2482/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=0(?), BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=1(medium), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast) CurCHS=2482/16/63, CurSects=2501856, LBA=yes LBA CHS=620/64/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=2501856 tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 *mword2 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:383,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4 I have problems with hdc. hda is mostly unused, so maybe it is DMA errors prone too but I have not seen that yet. > 3. Some timeout values got increased to more generally used values (in esp. > IBM microdrives advice about timeout values. Could you see whatever > the data doesn't eventually go to the disk after georgeous > amounts of time. Erm.. my English comprehension fails here... do you say my disk does not like bigger timeouts? > 4. Could you try to set the DMA mode lower then it's set up > per default by using hdparm and try whatever it helps? Current params: # hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hdc /dev/hda: multcount = 16 (on) I/O support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) nowerr = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) BLKRAGET failed: Invalid argument geometry = 1754/240/63, sectors = 26520480, start = 0 /dev/hdc: multcount = 16 (on) I/O support = 1 (32-bit) unmaskirq = 1 (on) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) nowerr = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) BLKRAGET failed: Invalid argument geometry = 620/64/63, sectors = 2501856, start = 0 I can't quite figure what MW/UDMA mode is active. -- vda - 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/