From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161110AbVKYQjp (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:39:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161126AbVKYQjo (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:39:44 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:1678 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161110AbVKYQjo (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:39:44 -0500 Subject: Re: Assorted bugs in the PIIX drivers From: Alan Cox To: Marc Koschewski Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20051125153601.GA6814@stiffy.osknowledge.org> References: <1132929808.3298.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20051125153601.GA6814@stiffy.osknowledge.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:12:38 +0000 Message-Id: <1132938758.3298.45.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Gwe, 2005-11-25 at 16:36 +0100, Marc Koschewski wrote: > could it be possible to again drop the ide=nodma kernel parameter in my > configs that use reiserfs? reiserfs just bails out when I mount devices on ide > busses that miss that parameter. I somtimes had to --rebuild-tree after a boot > with DMA enabled. One to ask the IDE maintainer about for the drivers/ide/pci code. However the bugs and questions from my check only affect non hardisk devices and very early slow PIO devices so wouldn't explain problems seen with modern drive configurations. The setup for modern (UDMA) while horribly convoluted appears to be totally correct. Alan