Re: 2.5.20 hardlock w/ hdparm

Martin Dalecki (dalecki@evision-ventures.com)
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:02:28 +0200


Użytkownik Lionel Bouton napisał:
> Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
>
>> Hi Lionel, Martin,
>> 2.5.20, hdparm + IDE deadlocks on my testbox
>>
>>
>
> I don't follow 2.5 dev (yet). I merely follow Andre's work on 2.4 and
> code a new chipset capabilities detection code in order to support newer
> chipsets.
> Is the v0.13 driver driver already forward ported to 2.5 by somebody ?

Yeep. In fact my main devel box is based on SiS 635...

> If there's a need (some 2.5 developpers needing a more uptodate driver
> and uncomfortable with forward porting IDE chipset drivers), I'll do it...

Please just keep an eye on it. The internal interface for host chip
setup should now be much more... well palatable :-).

> Hum, 486 SiS chipsets might bring pain to me also...
> I've received several bugreports for old SiS IDE chipset (ie pre ATA66)
> that I couldn't solve without disabling the SiS driver or passing
> "ide=nodma". I've triple-checked the specs and couldn't see the problem.

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