Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-32,: Re: [Fwd: hdd & sound]

# Re: [Fwd: hdd & sound]

Jonathan Masters (mastersj@periscope-systems.freeserve.co.uk)
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 03:48:24 +0100

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On freshmeat.net get the SMART disc utils. Run them to test your hdd. I have a very
similar problem which occurs when I attempt to activate UDMA on my second hdd. I have
two FUJITSUs, one 6.4, one 10.8. The 6.4 uses UDMA 2 and works fine, but the 10.8 uses
UDMA 4 and doesn't can someone help me with this as my older 6.4 has a 12Mb/sec access
and my 10.8 has 5Mb/sec and it's brand new!!!!

Jonathan Benson wrote:

> I get problems similar to this but suspect it's my HD dying or my motherboards IDE
> controller as I get messages like this:
> Aug 12 11:17:03 orpheus kernel: hda: lost interrupt
> Aug 12 11:17:03 orpheus kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x50 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete }
> Aug 12 11:29:08 orpheus kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0x90 { Busy }
> Aug 12 11:29:08 orpheus kernel: hda: drive not ready for command
> Aug 12 11:29:13 orpheus kernel: ide0: reset: success
> Aug 12 11:29:57 orpheus kernel: hda: lost interrupt
> Aug 12 11:29:57 orpheus kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x50 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete }
> Aug 12 11:30:07 orpheus kernel: hda: lost interrupt
> Aug 12 11:30:07 orpheus kernel: hda: read_intr: status=0x50 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete }
>
> And the problem seems to be getting worse. It also happens (as the above did)
> when I'm not playing any sounds apart from the Gnome ones perhaps.
>
> Any comments? Is this similar to what your seeing?
>
> Jonathan Masters wrote:
>
> > --
> > Jonathan C. Masters (jonathan@oxlug.org)
> > PGP: www.brookes.ac.uk/~95227860/KEY
> >
> > "Upon this rock I will build my church,
> > and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it".
> >
> > -- Matthew 16, 17-18
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject: Re: hdd & sound
> > Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 20:51:55 +0100
> > From: Jonathan Masters <mastersj@periscope-systems.freeserve.co.uk>
> > To: Mike Ricketts <rickettm@ox.compsoc.net>
> > References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9908112011350.1973-100000@oakley.keble.ox.ac.uk>
> >
> > Has Mr Gates been at the kernel source? (well you did say "evil"). Seriously
> > though, it's scheduler related. Someone please fix this as writing a cd now makes
> > my 2.2.10 system *UNUSEABLE* since I must have sound to work. Music keeps me
> > happy. Besides, when this happens, the processor load is all of 4% or so - hardly
> > enough to cause problems - since it happens on PCI hardware too - it aint my ISA
> > soundcard (SB 64 AWE Gold) - interestingly, it haoppens when ripping cd's too -
> > but cdrecord causes less than cdparanoia (my hdds are on one controller, the
> > cd-writer/cdrom are on the other.). I've already posted my machine specs but more
> > is available in someone wants. Howz about Alan/Linus comments on this so we know
> > once and for all? Thanx.
> >
> > Mike wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Wakko Warner wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm noticing this one one of my machines. When writing to a hard drive, the
> > > > sound drags. The machine I'm on has piix4 ide and an isa scsi card. I'm
> > > > playing sounds from the drive on the scsi card (aha1510 I think is the scsi
> > > > card). I tried writing to both an ide and scsi drive, both drag the sound.
> > > > Sound card is an SB16 pnp /w ide port (not disablable unfortunately). I had
> > > > a similar problem on an isa ide card playing sounds off of the hard drive
> > > > (like 44k 16bit 2ch sound off the drive, sound card was an ess card). My
> > > > home box that this is happneing on is 2.2.7. The one with the isa ide is no
> > > > longer active, but it was running 2.0.36.
> > > >
> > > I see much the same thing under (extremely) heavy disk load, both on
> > > onboard piix4 ide, and on an onboard aic7??? scsi.
> > >
> > > Things it isn't:
> > > hardware - too many people are seeing the same thing for that
> > > driver specific - it happens on both ide and scsi, and with both sb and
> > > ess cards
> > > anything blindingly obvious
> > >
> > > Currently I suspect something evil either in sound_core.c or sound_timer.c
> > > or (more likely) something scheduler related, but this is wild guessing. Any
> > > ideas?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mike <rickettm@ox.compsoc.net>
> > >
> > > Q: What's yellow, and equivalent to the Axiom of Choice?
> > > A: Zorn's Lemon.
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan C. Masters (jonathan@oxlug.org)
> > PGP: www.brookes.ac.uk/~95227860/KEY
> >
> > "Upon this rock I will build my church,
> > and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it".
> >
> > -- Matthew 16, 17-18
>
> --
> Jonathan Benson
> Systems Administrator
> Ocean Internet
> http://www.ocean.com.au/

    --
    Jonathan C. Masters                     (jonathan@oxlug.org)
                                            PGP: www.brookes.ac.uk/~95227860/KEY

               "Upon this rock I will build my church,
                and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it".

                     -- Matthew 16, 17-18

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