From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261908AbVACWdm (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:33:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261953AbVACWa4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:30:56 -0500 Received: from banana.active-ns.com ([213.230.202.60]:950 "EHLO banana.catalyst2.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261911AbVACW0L (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:26:11 -0500 Message-ID: <41D9C5C2.5010606@linuxmod.co.uk> Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:22:58 +0000 From: Joel Cant User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Wong CC: Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Promise IDE DMA issue References: <20050102173704.GA14056@gambit.implode.net> <41D9885B.9090304@pobox.com> <20050103215250.GA9409@gambit.implode.net> In-Reply-To: <20050103215250.GA9409@gambit.implode.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - banana.catalyst2.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - linuxmod.co.uk X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org John Wong wrote: >Latest 1.009 BIOS flashed last night. I'll try out some BIOS settings, >but the settings work fine with Windows XP. That's why I think it could >be something with the driver. This is with the PDC202XX_NEW on kernel >2.6.10 The DMA timeout happens sporadically, but as of yet, has yet to >reoccur. The change from 1.008 to 1.009 mentions nothing about the >Promide IDE. > >John > >On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 01:00:59PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > >>John Wong wrote: >> >> >>>I recently upgraded fron a nVidia nForce2 MCP-T based A7NX-DX >>>motherboard to an A8V DX, Via K8T800 Pro. Now occassionally, I get >>>DMA issues on a drive attached to a Promise 133 TX2 controller (20269). >>> >>> >>I would try fiddling with BIOS settings, and make sure you have the >>latest BIOS. >> >> Jeff >> >> >> >> >> >> Sounds simlar to the problems i'm having with the channels resetting under heavy load, and then fudging DMA, and i'm not the only one havign these issues, seems its a common problem with these cards, not sure if theres been some slight changes in the chip itself or wether there is a fault with the kernel driver, as you say, it seems that the problem does not occour under windows. Joel