Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: dma problems with Serverworks CSB5 chipset | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Tue, 03 Aug 2004 18:31:33 +0100 |
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On Maw, 2004-08-03 at 19:08, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > ServerWorks OSB4/5 chipsets are known to not work reliably with the Linux > IDE code. AFAIK its a hardware problem which we dont correctly work around. > > Have you tried disabling DMA? > > Bart and Alan are IDE experts, they can probably give you more useful > information.
CSB5 is reliable, rock solidly so in my experience. OSB4 was the older interface with problems. Are these systems SMP, what disks are you using and in what IDE mode ?
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