Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:06:34 +0100 | From | martin f krafft <> | Subject | Re: stability problems with 2.4.24/Software RAID/ext3 |
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also sprach Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com> [2004.01.10.1306 +0100]: > Did you ever try to disable the DMA as suggested?
I am sorry, Marcelo, that it took me so long.
In fact, I tried disabling the DMA and I could *not* get it to crash without DMA. It did also not crash with DMA on for the onboard (VIA) controller and off for the Promise. But when I turned DMA back on for the Promise, it crashed again.
Martin Josefsson has suggested that the Promise controller may be defective, and it certainly looks like that. I am now trying a different Promise controller (20376 rather than the 20369, but same driver), but it also crashes.
Thus, it looks like it's a problem with the driver, doesn't it? Or either of the two disks. I will run badblocks over them on a known-to-be-good controller when I get a chance.
If it's a problem with the driver, then I would be happy to help, but I know nothing about these layers of the computer. I would, however, give the controller away to someone eager to debug the driver (provided the university will let me)!
Cheers,
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