Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Mar 2001 10:28:18 +0100 (MET) | Subject | Re: IDE bug in 2.4.2-ac12? | From | Konrad Stopsack <> |
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Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:06:57AM +0100, Konrad Stopsack wrote: > > Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 09:51:43AM +0100, Konrad Stopsack wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't see any other way how the ZIP could have impact on the IDE > > > HDD > > > > > on a different IDE interface. > > > > The 82c586b can be a chip with locked-together IDE controllers, > can't > > > it? > > > > > > What do you mean by 'locked together'? > > Nasty chips whose two IDE channels aren't really separated. On one IDE > > channel you either can use DMA or not. On these chips, switching off DMA > > > at the second controller also disables DMA at the first. > > Then this is not the case of the 586b. All four IDE drive transfer > speeds are programmed separately. > > > > I have two vt82c586b's here and one old vt82c586. All work fine with > > > different drive combinations, one even has a CD-ROM and a ZIP on the > > > secondary channel like yours. > > > > Yeah, Ok. My combination SHOULD work without any problems... > > > > What else could I do? Swap CD-ROM and ZIP? Try new 2.4.2-ac14 with > command > > line parameters "ide0=dma ide1=nodma"? > > I don't know. I'm attaching the very latest driver - but I doubt it > changes anything.
Thank you. I'll try the 2.4.2-ac14 kernel and your driver.
cu Konrad
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