Re: [PATCH] Submitting PROMISE IDE Controllers Driver Patch

[<benh@kernel.crashing.org>]

>> Second.  There seems to be problems with the ide reset code in pre2-ac2. 
>> I get the following:
>> 
>> hde: timeout waiting for DMA
>> PDC202XX: Primary channel reset.
>> hde: ide_dma_timeout: Lets do it again!stat = 0x50, dma_stat = 0x20
>> hde: DMA disabled
>> PDC202XX: Primary channel reset.
>> hde: ide_set_handler: handler not null; old=c018eeb0, new=c0193de4
>> bug: kernel timer added twice at c018ed31.
>> hde: dma_intr: status=0xd0 { Busy }
>> hde: DMA disabled
>
>Yep. You turned on some of the experimental stuff. It doesnt always recover
>Hopefully the patches from Promise will help there

There is a bug in the DMA timeout recovery code (in the generic code). Andre
and I have been discussing that recently, I'm supposed to come up with a patch
rsn though if Andre doesn't beat me in that race ;) In the meantime, make sure
you don't enable that option in the kernel config.

Ben.