On 22 May 2000, Anil B. Somayaji wrote:
> I've played with patched versions of both 2.2.14 and 2.2.15 (both of
> which are stable for me otherwise). I've tried building the kernel
> using gcc 2.95.2 and 2.7.2.3. I've built it both with and without
> chipset-specific support (PIIX).
This makes sure the drive and the host are correctly talking to each other.
What is the block size you are using to access the HT0 device?
tar cvvf -b 64 * works like a charm
> I've also seen messages about lost interrupts and DMA problems;
> however, my hard drive has worked consistently with Ultra DMA access.
> Also, disabling DMA on hdd using hdparm doesn't fix things.
>
> My system is an HP Pavilion 8260, which has an Intel 440LX chipset.
> My IDE configuration is as follows:
>
> primary master: Maxtor 91020D6 10G
> primary slave: none
> secondary master: Toshiba CD-ROM XM-6402B
> secondary slave: OnStream DI-30
>
> The DI-30 firmware is reported as version 1.06. My system is running
> Debian 2.2 (potato). My current kernel (ide-patched 2.2.14) uses the
> following options in the block section:
>
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=y try it for fun........
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
> IDEDMA_PCI_EXPERIMENTAL=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX_TUNING=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=m
> CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
>
> I can think of more tests to try, but right now I'd just be shooting
> in the dark. Anyone have a clue about what's going on?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Anil
>
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Andre Hedrick
The Linux ATA/IDE guy
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