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From: Adam Jaskiewicz <adamjaskie@yahoo.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Western Digital hard drive and DMA
Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 16:46:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <02090816463707.00459@aragorn> (raw)

OK, I have heard that other people have been having this problem for a while 
now, but I havent been able to find much about what causes it. I have a 
Western Digital hard drive in my computer (60GB, 5400 RPM) I can use it just 
fine with no DMA, but it runs much faster with DMA. However, when I use DMA, 
all my data is slowly corrupted, and I begin having to re-install packages 
all the time. After about a month, my system deteriorates to the point where 
I have to reinstall slackware. I have no idea why this is happening, but I 
know some people who have had the same experience under Linux with Western 
Digital hard drives, but not with other brands. I am assuming this is a 
problem with Western Digital's implimentation of DMA, but shouldnt it do 
something to prevent errors?

Thanks.

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             reply	other threads:[~2002-09-08 20:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-08 20:46 Adam Jaskiewicz [this message]
2002-09-08 21:12 ` Western Digital hard drive and DMA jbradford
2002-09-09  2:19   ` Horst von Brand
2002-09-09 21:08     ` Alan Cox
2002-09-10 15:55       ` john slee
2002-09-08 22:19 ` Barry K. Nathan
2002-09-10 21:36 ` Maxwell Spangler
2002-09-12  1:52   ` Horst von Brand
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0209081714500.18967-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2002-09-08 21:21 ` Adam Jaskiewicz
2002-09-08 21:39   ` jbradford
2002-09-08 22:18   ` Mark Hahn
2002-09-08 22:28     ` Adam Jaskiewicz
2002-09-09 21:06       ` Alan Cox

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