From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:08:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:07:53 -0400 Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:51100 "EHLO VL-MS-MR002.sc1.videotron.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:07:42 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:08:06 -0400 From: Greg Ward To: Vojtech Pavlik Cc: bugs@linux-ide.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: "hde: timeout waiting for DMA": message gone, same behaviour Message-ID: <20010921150806.A2453@gerg.ca> In-Reply-To: <20010921134402.A975@gerg.ca> <20010921205356.A1104@suse.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010921205356.A1104@suse.cz>; from vojtech@suse.cz on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 08:53:56PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org [my ATA/100 problem] > Under 2.4.9, the boot-time delay is not quite as long, but it's still > there. And it's not nearly as noisy. However, the end-result is the > same: DMA is disabled for this drive; it's a lot slower than an ATA/100 > drive ought to be; if I force DMA back on, the first access to the drive > has another looong delay that results in the kernel turning DMA back > off. Grumble. > > This is a brand-new drive and brand-new cable. The motherboard's only > about 9 months old. > > So: is this in fact a kernel problem? or is it more likely to be a cable > problem, a motherboard problem, or a hard drive problem? On 21 September 2001, Vojtech Pavlik said: > Do you have the VIA IDE support enabled? I have tried it both ways, but I think only with 2.4.2. I've only tried one 2.4.9 build, and that was with CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y. I've just done another build with slightly different config settings (suggestion from Mark Hahn), but haven't tried it yet. It still has both the VIA and Promise (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX=y) support enabled. I'll report back when I've tried this kernel build. Greg -- Greg Ward - Linux weenie gward@python.net http://starship.python.net/~gward/ If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people?