Re: multi-mode error

Andre M. Hedrick (hedrick@Astro.Dyer.Vanderbilt.Edu)
Sun, 2 May 1999 21:18:22 -0500 (CDT)


Because you never informed the right person to forward that patch.
Now that I am aware of the problem, I will move forward to fix it.

Thank you for the information.......

On Sun, 2 May 1999, ljp wrote:

> I just compiled 2.2.6, and got the following error on boot:
> hda:hda: set_multmode: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: set_multmode: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>
> Now, patched /usr/src/linux/drivers/block/ide-disk.c
> with the follwing patch:
> @@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ //or there abouts
> drive->mult_req = INITIAL_MULT_COUNT;
> if (drive->mult_req > id->max_multsect)
> drive->mult_req = id->max_multsect;
> - if (drive->mult_req || ((id->multsect_valid & 1) &&
> id->multsect))
> + if (drive->mult_req && ((id->multsect_valid & 1) &&
> id->multsect))
> drive->special.b.set_multmode = 1;
> }
> }
>
> Is there any reason why I must continue changing that one line?
> LP
>
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Andre Hedrick
The Linux IDE guy
http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma/2.2.7.uniform-ide-6.19.patch.gz
http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma/ide.2.0.37pre11+pat7.gz
http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma/hdparm-3.5i.patch.gz

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