Re: ide-dma & ST-36530A

Mark Lord (mlord@pobox.com)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 08:43:58 -0400

Michael Vogt wrote:
>
> Dear Friends
>
> I use a Segate ST-36530A (6,5Gb) on a via82c586 (linux 2.1.124 & 125)
> If I enable ide-dma support, I get strange errors while copying files onto
> that hd:
> -----------------------8<----------------------------
> Oct 8 16:50:22 top kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
> Oct 8 16:50:22 top kernel: 03:01: rw=0, want=134223737, limit=3076416
> Oct 8 16:50:22 top kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
> Oct 8 16:50:22 top kernel: 03:01: rw=0, want=134223738, limit=3076416
> Oct 8 16:50:22 top kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
> Oct 8 16:50:22 top kernel: 03:01: rw=0, want=134223737, limit=3076416
> -----------------------8<----------------------------
..
> What do you think ? Should the ST-36530A on the blacklist, or is it a driver
> problem ?

Those messages indicate a software bug in the kernel somewhere,
not a hardware failure.

Dunno what.

-- 
mlord@pobox.com


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