Messages in this thread | | | From | CaT <> | Subject | Re: ppp & IDE problems on 2.2.2 ac7 :( | Date | Sun, 7 Mar 1999 10:47:08 +1100 (EST) |
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Douglas Gilbert wrote the following: > > > I found a bad problem today. I launched a cdparanoia rip of a > > cd while i was online on a ppp link. ppp hung and it began to report frame errors > > then i stopped the cdparanoia session and everything came back to normal : > > I t seems that when i access the ide bus heavily, ppp suffers a lot and starts giving > > errors. > > I tried to set umaskirq on all drives, but that did not help. > > my configuration is a P200mmx, with ide drives, HX chipset, > > (DMA is enabled by default ) , kernel 2.2.2ac7. > > has anyone a clue about the whole thing ? > > (i did not try vanilla 2.2.2) > > On the 2.0.x kernels i used a program called irqtune, > > but it doesnt work anymore on 2.2. > > Enrico, > Is that a pure IDE rig or are you using SCSI emulation on your > IDE cdrom player (which I assume is ATAPI)? If you are using > SCSI emulation I may know one of the culprits :-(
For me it's pure IDE:
/dev/cdrom: HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Invalid argument
Model=CD-ROM 32X/AKU, FwRev=U12I, SerialNo= Config={ SpinMotCtl Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic } RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0 BuffType=0(?), BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0 DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=4(?), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast) (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0 tDMA={min:120,rec:150}, DMA modes: *mword0 mword1 mword2 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:227,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
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