Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: IDE *data corruption* VIA VT8367 | Date | Wed, 15 May 2002 00:43:30 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> These combinations give errors: (hda hdc hde hdg), (hdc hde hdg) > > These combinations run flawless: (hda hdc hde), (hde hdg), (hda hdc > hdg). I did not test more combinations because every test takes some > hours. > > Attaching hdg as a slave drive to the first promise port (which gives > me hdf instead and the second promise port emtpy) makes the array run > fine, but performance drops to a figure comparable to a single drive. > > There are no error logs whatsoever (except for the dt output). Without > RAID-array and without heavy IDE access, the machine runs stable. > > Kernels tested: 2.4.18, 2.4.19pre8 > > Has anybody seen this before? Any info would be appreciated. I would > be happy to provide more information.
I have multiple similar reports, and in all cases where people tried, switching to a non via chipset cured it - it might be co-incidence but I have enough reports I suspect its some kind of hardware incompatibility/limit with the VIA and multiple promise ide controllers
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