Re: IDE URL to add (was Re: DMA questions)
Aaron Tiensivu (tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu)
Sun, 6 Sep 1998 17:36:10 -0400
> I've got another problematic combination: a Maxtor drive with a VP2
> chipset. The only way I've been able to get any recent vintage 2.1
> series kernel to operate reliably is to disable DMA, either using the
> ``default DMA'' kernel option, or by running ``hdparm -d0 /dev/hda''
> shortly after boot. With DMA enabled, the machine will freeze solid
> without a trace at the first occurence of significant disk activity.
> With DMA disabled, the same system runs fine for weeks on end.
Known bug in the VP2 chipset.
VP2 didn't last long if I remember right. VP3 came shortly after.
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