Re: ide-dma & ST-36530A

Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 22:10:22 +0200 (MET DST)


On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Mark Lord wrote:

> 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
0x8001779 0x2EF140
> > 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
0x800177A

Note the offending bit 0x8000000 that seems to make problems.

[ ... ]

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

Perhaps, but not sure at all, in my opinion.

Regards,
Gerard.

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