Re: IDE-UDMA error

Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 17:16:39 +0300 (EEST)

> HWN> hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> Too long EIDE cable?
> I doubt it. Except for the errormessage, the system is rock solid.

If the cable is too long, UDMA fails but the crc check discovers that and
switches to lower speed and pio mode where the system is stable. At least
it may be so.

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Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)

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