Hi Jason, On 2/5/07, Jason Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The question comes down to: Does anyone have a Dual Socket A motherboard that doesn't get DMA errors? It seems like the cheapest solution is to look for an old Tyan as a replacement, but I'd like to know that someone _has_it_working_ before I plunk down the cash. Are you running with two processors in the machine? I had problems for
the longest time running with two processors in my machine. I'm not sure my problems were DMA related, but after not being able to upgrade to the 0.4.xbranch for about a year, I finally rebuilt the kernel, disabling the SMP and after that, the stability of the system improved markedly. It pained me to disable the second processor, but having the system stable and knowing the recordings would complete was worth it. If your kernel is new enough, you might try Hans' latest release candidate. He rearchitected the DMA handling so it would be handled from a central location in the code which should help with SMP synchronization issues. I think one other person said his SMP issues disappeared after moving to the release candidate driver. Good Luck, -Dave
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