Hi list,

  I have an old AMD k6-2 Machine with disks.
 hda ==> Hard Drive 
 hdc ==> CD Drive 

  Now when the system is running,I get messages saying

"hda: waiting for DMA " 

 And the system goes bonkers. 

Here hdparm information of hard drive.

<snip>
/dev/hda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
        Model Number:       ST340810A                        
      
        Serial Number:      3FB1NHQV            
        Firmware Revision:  3.39    
Standards:
        Supported: 6 5 4 3 
        Likely used: 6
Configuration:
        Logical         max     current
        cylinders       16383   16383
        heads           16      15
        sectors/track   63      63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors:   15481935
        LBA    user addressable sectors:   78165360
        device size with M = 1024*1024:       38166 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000:       40020 MBytes
(40 GB)
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        bytes avail on r/w long: 4      Queue depth: 1
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = 16
        Advanced power management level: unknown setting
(0x0040)
        Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current
value: 128
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4
udma5 
             Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
             Cycle time: no flow control=240ns  IORDY flow
control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
           *    READ BUFFER cmd
           *    WRITE BUFFER cmd
           *    Host Protected Area feature set
           *    Look-ahead
           *    Write cache
           *    Power Management feature set
                Security Mode feature set
           *    SMART feature set
           *    Device Configuration Overlay feature set 
           *    Automatic Acoustic Management feature set 
                SET MAX security extension
           *    Advanced Power Management feature set
           *    DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd
           *    SMART self-test 
           *    SMART error logging 
Security: 
        Master password revision code = 65534
                supported
        not     enabled
        not     locked
                frozen
        not     expired: security count
        not     supported: enhanced erase
HW reset results:
        CBLID- above Vih
        Device num = 0 determined by the jumper
Checksum: correct

</snip>

Any bright ideas.

--arky 


        
                
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