> > 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
> Those messages indicate a software bug in the kernel somewhere,
> not a hardware failure.
the wrong sector address is hexa 0x8001779, which is 1 bit Hamming
distance away from a pretty normal sector address. Either the increased
DMA activity puts the DRAM and/or the CPU under too big load
(overclocking?), or this particular IDE chipset corrupts memory when using
DMA?
-- mingo
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