Re: 2.5.22 ide disk hang on boot

Arnd Bergmann (arnd@bergmann-dalldorf.de)
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 03:32:52 +0200


On Tuesday 18 June 2002 08:31, you wrote:

> I assume that the system in question isn't:
>
> 1. Isn't setting up the drive in BIOS for DMA operation?
Don't know. The BIOS setup does not have a config option for
this. 'hdparm -d /dev/hda' says it's not using DMA usually.
Compiling the kernel with or without 'Generic PCI bus-master
DMA support' did not change the problem.

> 2. Isn't showring the hda: hda1.... partition layout?
The strange thing is that the primary partition table
appears to be read proberly, but not the extended one at
the beginning of hda3, i.e. it is showing

p1 p2 p3 <hda: status error:

at the place where I usually get

p1 p2 p3 < p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 p10 >

If the drive could not be read at all, it would not show the
first three entries either.

> As one can see from the above the problem is caused by PIO
> read getting worser. I know the problem and am working on it.
ok.

> As a band plase apply patch -p1 -R < ide-clean-92.diff.
As I wanted to say in the original mail: I tried that but
was too lazy to clean up the rejects. Fortunately, it's not
urgent for me, so I can just wait for the next release.
Just tell me if you want me to try your fix.

Arnd <><
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