Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:53:23 -0500 (EST) | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: Dual Athlon: Kernel 2.4.14 IDE problems |
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Paul G. Allen wrote:
> I just compiled and installed a vanilla 2.4.14 kernel (nope, I haven't > tweaked this one yet :). Just as a reminder, I have a Tyan Thunder K7 > with 2 1.4GHz Athlons (_NOT_ MP or XP). It has an IBM DTLA-307030 > Ultra100 IDE drive on the Ultra100 IDE interface. > > The kernel seems to boot with DMA enabled for this drive which causes > frequent system lockups. This is the same problem I had with kernels > through 2.4.9 (including the ac series). Disabling DMA (hdparm -d0 > /dev/hda) solves the problem.
Paul, just as a thought, is the 32 bit interface enabled on that drive? I dimly remember that trying to run DMA through a 16 bit (default?) interface could result in a learning experience.
-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
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