Re: 2.4.19 - Promise TX2 Ultra133 (pdc20269) sticks at UDMA33

[Tomas Szepe]

> I've already tried "ideX=ata66" with no effect and they are definitely 80
> pin cables (I thought the driver would complain if they weren't).

I have the exact same problem and loading the IDE core mod like this:

modprobe ide-mod options="ide2=ata66 ide3=ata66"

solves it.

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Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel: PDC20268: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 30
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel: PDC20268: chipset revision 2
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel: PDC20268: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel: PDC20268: ATA-66/100 forced bit set (WARNING)!!
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel:     ide2: BM-DMA at 0xf8b0-0xf8b7, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel: PDC20268: ATA-66/100 forced bit set (WARNING)!!
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel:     ide3: BM-DMA at 0xf8b8-0xf8bf, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel: hde: WDC WD205BA, ATA DISK drive
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel: hdg: IBM-DJNA-351520, ATA DISK drive
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel: ide2 at 0xf898-0xf89f,0xf8aa on irq 9
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel: ide3 at 0xf8a0-0xf8a7,0xf8ae on irq 9
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel: hde: host protected area => 1
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel: hde: 40088160 sectors (20525 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=39770/16/63, UDMA(66)
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel: hdg: host protected area => 1
Aug 12 05:58:58 beth kernel: hdg: 30033360 sectors (15377 MB) w/430KiB Cache, CHS=29795/16/63, UDMA(33)

Are you getting the ATA66 bit forced warnings?

T.