From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265207AbUGDQwY (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jul 2004 12:52:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265206AbUGDQwY (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jul 2004 12:52:24 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:44473 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265205AbUGDQwW (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jul 2004 12:52:22 -0400 Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 18:52:21 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Lasse Bang Mikkelsen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Strange DMA timeouts Message-ID: <20040704165221.GC18688@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Lasse Bang Mikkelsen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1088958931.3205.8.camel@slaptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1088958931.3205.8.camel@slaptop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 06:35:31PM +0200, Lasse Bang Mikkelsen wrote: > I keep getting these DMA timeouts under heavy harddrive load, ex. when > unpacking big tarballs, transfering from USB harddrive etc. > > hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 > hda: DMA timeout error > hda: dma timeout error: status=0xd0 { Busy } > > hda: DMA disabled > ide0: reset: success > > Is this a sign of harddisk failure or could this be a kernel problem? If you send your complete dmesg, perhaps people will be able to tell. Include the boot messages. -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO