Re: IDE DMA problem in 2.4.0

Tobias Ringstrom (tori@tellus.mine.nu)
Sun, 14 Jan 2001 08:44:59 +0100 (CET)


On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Tobias Ringstrom wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Tobias Ringstrom wrote:
> >
> > > When copying huge files from one disk to another (hda->hdc), I get the
> > > following error (after some hundred megabytes):
> > >
> > > hdc: timeout waiting for DMA
> > > ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
> > > hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd1 { Busy }
> > > hdc: DMA disabled
> > > ide1: reset: success
> > >...
> > > VP_IDE: VIA vt82c596b IDE UDMA66 controller on pci0:7.1
> > >...
> > > Did I miss anything?
> >
> > Could you try if the (experimental) version 3.11 of the VIA IDE driver
> > (announced by Vojtech Pavlik in [1]) fixes your problem? Simply copy the
> > two files you find there to drivers/ide after you unpacked the kernel
> > source.
>
> Works like a charm! I copied the full 4 GB without glitches, and it has
> not eaten my filesystem yet, either. I will continue to stress it, and
> report any errors I find.

Hrmph... Grrr... No, I got the same error again, it was just soooo much
harder to get it. The error is still there, I'm afraid.

/Tobias

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