Re: [2.6.6-mm4 IDE] HPT370A/i815 ATAPI problems

Ville Herva
2004-07-01T09:27:03Z

On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 11:07:16PM +0300, you [Ville Herva] wrote:
> On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 09:56:06PM +0300, you [Ville Herva] wrote:
> >
> > And I just noticed DMA is not enabled for DW-7802TE when attached to HPT.
>
> So my original question stays: is there any change a firmware upgrade could
> help? (I'm kind of wary of trying random firmwares, since Mitsumi doesn't
> seem to provide one, and the most linked firmware site
> (http://www.herrie.org/) says it was just defaced in the front page...
> Besides all those firmwares are either "hacked" or "modified".)
>
> What else might be the problem?

It seems the unit was faulty. I got a warranty replacement (different
brand/model, though), and it doesn't seem to cause lockups on i815. I
haven't tried it on HTP370, though.

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