From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: clock drift with two Promise Ultra133 TX2 (PDC 20269) cards Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 13:59:28 -0400 Message-ID: <42790D80.6020300@tmr.com> References: <66F9227F7417874C8DB3CEB05772741704514D@MILEX0.Miltope.local><66F9227F7417874C8DB3CEB05772741704514D@MILEX0.Miltope.local> <20050503172845.GA12944@oskar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from prgy-npn1.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.37]:18576 "EHLO oddball.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261244AbVEDR7Q (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2005 13:59:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20050503172845.GA12944@oskar> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Oskar Liljeblad Cc: Drew Winstel , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Oskar Liljeblad wrote: > On Tuesday, May 03, 2005 at 11:53, Drew Winstel wrote: > >>I think I know what the problem is. >> >>In include/linux/libata.h, make sure the preprocessor declarations are as >>follows. I think the defaults have ATA_ENABLE_PATA undefined. >> >>#define ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI /* undefine to disable ATAPI support */ >>#define ATA_ENABLE_PATA /* define to enable PATA support in some >> * low-level drivers */ > > > Thanks, now it loads correctly. Unfortunately the clock drift still occurs > with pata_pdc2027x. I'm guessing here, but can clock drift have anything > to do with IRQs? Also, is it normal to see errors in /proc/interrupt? Are you by chance running ntpd? And have you checked to see if it dies as soon as it starts? There's a bug in the ntp M/L wrt execstack. -- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me