Re: ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14

From: Mark Lord (mlord@pobox.com)
Date: Thu Apr 13 2000 - 16:18:25 EST

Looks like something Andre may have worked on.. 

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Mark Lord
Real-Time Remedies Inc.
mlord@pobox.com

narancs1@mail.externet.hu wrote:
> 
> Dear developers!
> 
> (kernel: 2.3.99-pre5)
> 
> I have an "old" notebook computer with iPentium 150Mhz, 16 Mb ram,
> Fujitsu M2724TA ata disk drive,
> OPTI621 ide controller on PCI bus 00 dev a0
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0x8000-0x8007, BIOS settings: hda:pio hdb:pio
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14
> hda: 3187836 sectors (1632 MB), CHS=790/64/63, DMA
> Partition check:
>  hda:hda: timeout waiting fot DMA
> ide_dmaproc: chiset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
> hda: irq timeout: status 0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> [.. this message 4 times ]
> hda: DMA disabled
> ide0: reset: success
>  hda1 2 3 5 6 7
> 
> The BIOS screen reports
> SystemSoft BIOS for OPTI Viper 557/558N Version 1.01.25 1.01.25 (3530-13)
> (1995)
> V1.34 6/23/97
> SystemSoft PnP Bios Ver 1.17.00
> 
> So I included the OPTI ide driver in the kernel config.
> 
> It works with kernel 2.0.36, it doesn't work with 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 series
> Please give me some tips, what to do!
> 
> The problem is that there is no DMA support for this hardware (this way it is
> really slow) and it doesn't even boot !
> 
> Thanx for all answers!
> (please also reply to my email)

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