DMA errors with HTP370 IDE in <= 2.6.18.2

DMA errors with HTP370 IDE in <= 2.6.18.2

[Michael Bueker]

Hello,

[please CC me upon replying - thank you]

I have a Highpoint 370 PCI IDE controller, and both my 2.6.18.2 and
Knoppix 5's 2.6.17 display the following messages:

> HPT370: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:01:09.0
> HPT370: chipset revision 3
> HPT370: 100% native mode on irq 11
> HPT37X: using 33MHz PCI clock
>     ide2: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:DMA
> HPT37X: using 33MHz PCI clock
>     ide3: BM-DMA at 0xa008-0xa00f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
> Probing IDE interface ide2...
> hde: ST340823A, ATA DISK drive
> hdf: ExcelStor Technology J840, ATA DISK drive
> ide2 at 0x9000-0x9007,0x9402 on irq 11
> Probing IDE interface ide3...
> hdg: LITE-ON LTR-52246S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> ide3 at 0x9800-0x9807,0x9c02 on irq 11
> hde: max request size: 128KiB
> hde: 78165360 sectors (40020 MB) w/1024KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(100)
> hde: cache flushes not supported
>  hde:<4>hde: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61
> hde: DMA timeout error
> hde: 0 bytes in FIFO
> hde: timeout waiting for DMA
> hde: dma timeout error: status=0x80 { Busy }
> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> hde: DMA disabled
> hdf: DMA disabled
> ide2: reset: success
>  hde1 hde2 <<4>hde: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
> hde: DMA timeout error
> hde: 0 bytes in FIFO
> hde: timeout waiting for DMA
> hde: dma timeout error: status=0x80 { Busy }
> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> hde: DMA disabled
> ide2: reset: success
>  hde5<4>hde: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
> hde: DMA timeout error
> hde: 0 bytes in FIFO
> hde: timeout waiting for DMA
> hde: dma timeout error: status=0x80 { Busy }
> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> hde: DMA disabled
> ide2: reset: success
>  hde6 >
> hdf: max request size: 512KiB
> hdf: 80418240 sectors (41174 MB) w/1719KiB Cache, CHS=16383/255/63
> hdf: cache flushes supported
>  hdf: unknown partition table
> hde: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
> hde: DMA timeout error
> hde: 0 bytes in FIFO
> hde: timeout waiting for DMA
> hde: dma timeout error: status=0x80 { Busy }
> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> hde: DMA disabled
> ide2: reset: success

(hdf is naked, there's no error in partition detection)

The same messages appear when manually trying to enable DMA with hdparm.
The hdparm reading of hde is:

> /dev/hde:
>  multcount    = 16 (on)
>  IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)
>  unmaskirq    =  0 (off)
>  using_dma    =  0 (off)
>  keepsettings =  0 (off)
>  readonly     =  0 (off)
>  readahead    = 256 (on)
>  geometry     = 65535/16/63, sectors = 78165360, start = 0

hda, which is on the mainboard controller and works as hde used to as
well, reads:

> /dev/hda:
>  multcount    = 16 (on)
>  IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
>  unmaskirq    =  1 (on)
>  using_dma    =  1 (on)
>  keepsettings =  0 (off)
>  readonly     =  0 (off)
>  readahead    = 256 (on)
>  geometry     = 65535/16/63, sectors = 117231408, start = 0

In the controller's setup utility, I can choose access modes. If i
switch it from UDMA5 to PIO0, the only difference during boot is:

> ide2: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio

instead of

> ide2: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:DMA

Please help me getting DMA to work with this controller.

Thanks in advance,
~Mik

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Re: DMA errors with HTP370 IDE in <= 2.6.18.2

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Michael Bueker wrote:

  > In the controller's setup utility, I can choose access modes. If i
> switch it from UDMA5 to PIO0, the only difference during boot is:

    PIO0 is outrageously slow, use PIO4 (very slow as well but at least 
somewhat faster).  Anyway, this won't help with Linux...

>> ide2: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio

> instead of

>> ide2: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:DMA

    You should specify the option ide=nodma to the kernel to disable IDE core 
from using DMA.

> Please help me getting DMA to work with this controller.

    For starters, please try the driver from 2.6.20-rc1 and (if that doesn't 
help) from the -mm tree. I rewrote it and it's working OK on at least my HPT370...

> Thanks in advance,
> ~Mik

WBR, Sergei