Messages in this thread |  | | From | a9002123@unet ... | Subject | IDE-Problems 1.3.8x-9x | Date | Sat, 4 May 1996 12:51:22 +0200 (MET DST) |
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During the last weeks, for the first time I tried to use newer kernels, namely .83-.91. There seems to be a problem with my second IDE card: Until version .91 (approximately), the kernel sometimes failed to correctly recognize the drives connected to the second adapter; instead of reporting
Apr 19 02:03:23 cgvie kernel: hda: WDC AC2540H, 515MB w/128kB Cache, LBA, CHS=10 48/16/63 Apr 19 02:03:23 cgvie kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 Apr 19 02:03:23 cgvie kernel: hdc: FX001DE, ATAPI CDROM drive Apr 19 02:03:23 cgvie kernel: hdd: ST3391A-XR, 325MB w/120kB Cache, CHS=768/14/6 2 Apr 19 02:03:23 cgvie kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
it claimed something like this (Linux 1.3.89):
Apr 17 00:32:24 cgvie kernel: hda: WDC AC2540H, 515MB w/128kB Cache, LBA, CHS=10 48/16/63 Apr 17 00:32:24 cgvie kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 Apr 17 00:32:24 cgvie kernel: hdc: FX001DE, ATAPI CDROM drive Apr 17 00:32:24 cgvie kernel: hdd: SP3^Q9^QA^AXP, 325MB w/40kB Cache, CHS=768/14 /62 Apr 17 00:32:24 cgvie kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
The latest version I tried didn't recognize the two drives on ide1 at all; on the other hand, kernel 1.2.13 (which I usually use) always works, even with quite aggressive hdparm-settings.
The first IDE card (which always seems to work) is a VLB multi-I/O card with a Winbond chipset (btw.: the IDE driver seems not to offer special Winbond support - is ist ok if I do not set any option for this chipset?). The second IDE card is a standard ISA multi-I/O card; there is a "UMC UM82C865" chip. Of course, this chip isn't mentioned in the documentation either.
Since this strange behaviour seems to be the reason of a file system corruption on Apr 24 ("Apr 24 22:54:05 cgvie kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 22/65): ext2_check_descriptors: Block bitmap for group 0 not in group (block 0)!"), I am now afraid to use any 1.3-kernel as long as I do not know the reason of the problem.
BTW, noautotune for hdc and hdd had no noticeable influence on the number of failures in recognizing hdd.
Greetings,
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