Re: Linux 2.0.31-pre-4: bug detecting secondary IDE drive

mlord (mlord@pobox.com)
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 11:39:54 -0400

Arthur Jerijian wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Ever since Linux 2.0.29, there has been a bug in the Linux kernel which
> causes the machine to halt for about 10 seconds whide detecting my
> secondary IDE drive. I have the following setup on my system:
>
> hda: WDC AC31200F, 1222MB w/64kB Cache, CHS=621/64/63
> hdb: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3200A, 3067MB w/76kB Cache, CHS=779/128/63, DMA
> hdc: WDC AC31600H, 1549MB w/128kB Cache, CHS=3148/16/63, DMA
> hdd: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5302TA, ATAPI CDROM drive
...
> Aug 12 20:58:38 celestra kernel: Partition check:
> Aug 12 20:58:38 celestra kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 >
> Aug 12 20:58:38 celestra kernel: hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3
>
> However, once it reaches hdc, the system halts for about 10 seconds and
> displays the following message:
>
> Aug 12 20:58:38 celestra kernel: hdc:hdc: irq timeout: status=0x58 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> Aug 12 20:58:38 celestra kernel: hdc: disabled DMA
> Aug 12 20:58:38 celestra kernel: ide1: reset: success
> Aug 12 20:58:38 celestra kernel: [PTBL] [787/64/63] hdc1
...

Try it again with 2.0.28, *with* the Triton support included in the
kernel.

Let me know what happens.

-ml
the Linux IDE guy