I've got an older HP E40 that I'm having problems getting to work with
DMA turned on.
Specifically, I get the following errors when I do a
"hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda" and the same for hdc. If I boot into single
user mode I can't seem to generate the problem, but after booting into
multi user mode I can cause all kinds of errors just by doing a bunch
of disk activity. (Start oracle, copy filesystems, compile kernel,
etc)
I get this with the "standard" Redhat 2.2.16 kernel (that is with
their patches applied). I also tried applying Andre's IDE patches for
2.2.16 and didn't get any success.
The drives are Maxtor 45G 7200 RPM IDE drives. I'm using 80pin IDE
cables -- though the PIIX3 only supports DMA, not UDMA.
I was going to get a UDMA controller, but the only one I could find
that seemed to have linux support (Promise) would break when I enabled
DMA. Figured I'd not bother working on that until I got the base
stuff working.
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Question about hdparm. If I enable dma (-d1) and then experience
errors. I can't seem to just turn off dma support (-d0) and get on
with life. I continue to get the DMA errors and must reboot to get
into non-dma mode. Is this correct?
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Log entries example:
Nov 17 17:57:01 gw kernel: hdc: timeout waiting for DMA
Nov 17 17:57:01 gw kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Nov 17 18:25:28 gw kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA
Nov 17 18:25:28 gw kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Nov 17 18:25:38 gw kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA
Nov 17 18:25:38 gw kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Nov 17 18:25:48 gw kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA
Nov 17 18:25:48 gw kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Nov 17 18:25:58 gw kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA
Nov 17 18:25:58 gw kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
Nov 17 18:25:58 gw kernel: ide0: reset: success
Nov 17 18:26:12 gw kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA
Nov 17 18:26:12 gw kernel: hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
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# hdparm -iI /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=Maxtor 54610H6, FwRev=JAC61HU0, SerialNo=F605M4KC
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=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes
LBA CHS=1023/256/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=90045648
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
Model=aMtxro5 64016H , FwRev=AJ6CH10U, SerialNo=6F504MCK
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=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes
LBA CHS=1023/256/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=90045648
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
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>From /proc/pci:
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel 82441FX Natoma (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=32.
Bus 0, device 4, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 ISA (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts.
Bus 0, device 4, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 IDE (rev 0).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0x500 [0x501].
Bus 0, device 6, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Intel 82557 (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=66. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=56.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfecfe000 [0xfecfe008].
I/O at 0xf8e0 [0xf8e1].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfed00000 [0xfed00000].
Bus 0, device 10, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Intel 82557 (rev 5).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=66. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=56.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfecfd000 [0xfecfd008].
I/O at 0xf8c0 [0xf8c1].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfeb00000 [0xfeb00000].
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7850 (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=4.
I/O at 0xfc00 [0xfc01].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfecff000 [0xfecff000].
Bus 0, device 13, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 (rev 0).
Medium devsel.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfd000000 [0xfd000008].
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-rupa