Re: sata_nv issues with MCP51 SATA controller

Jeff Garzik
2007-09-13T19:54:38Z

Jon Ivar Rykkelid wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I now tested with the adma=0 option, but if anything I got a crash
> quicker than before. Same error message started coming in, but this time
> the system hung before I was able to capture the log as well (but I saw
> the error, and it was the same as before, except that this time it was
> the ata3-channel that first started acting up..) - To remind you all
> what this is about, I have reattached the log that I originally captured...

Sounds like a hardware problem, since disabling ADMA is generally the
cure-all we use -- it appears to stress the hardware less.

Jeff