Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:47:50 +0100 (CET) | From | Tobias Ringstrom <> | Subject | Re: IDE DMA problem in 2.4.0 |
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On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Tobias Ringstrom wrote: > > > When copying huge files from one disk to another (hda->hdc), I get the > > following error (after some hundred megabytes): > > > > hdc: timeout waiting for DMA > > ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14 > > hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd1 { Busy } > > hdc: DMA disabled > > ide1: reset: success > >... > > VP_IDE: VIA vt82c596b IDE UDMA66 controller on pci0:7.1 > >... > > Did I miss anything? > > Could you try if the (experimental) version 3.11 of the VIA IDE driver > (announced by Vojtech Pavlik in [1]) fixes your problem? Simply copy the > two files you find there to drivers/ide after you unpacked the kernel > source.
Works like a charm! I copied the full 4 GB without glitches, and it has not eaten my filesystem yet, either. I will continue to stress it, and report any errors I find.
Vojtech, can we expect to see this driver in 2.4 anytime soon?
/Tobias
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