> -----Original Message-----
> From: bug1 [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 10:53 PM
> To: Adrian Head
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Re: Adventures with onboard HPT366 controller and RAID
>
> Ive been fighting with the HPT366 controller for ages.
>
> Just last night i got them working fine with (2.2.12 through to
> 2.2.15)
> + ide patch on my dual celeron bp6 using 5 drives, 1 from and intel
> channel, 2 from the onboard hpt366 and 2 from the pci hpt366.
[Adrian Head] Would you be kind enough to tell be which
versions of patches for which kernel.
[Adrian Head] [snip]
>
> If you are getting DMA timeouts, you make sure you HAVE NOT select the
> HPT366 Fast Interrupts option, this will actually make casue DMA
> timeouts.
[Adrian Head] I cannot remember seeing this option but I will
go back and have another look
[Adrian Head] [snip]
>
> If you havent discovered it already, there is a linux-abit mailing
> list
> that you can browse at
> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-abit%40listserv.geek.net/
[Adrian Head] Thanks - I must have missed this one during my
searches
> Check you havent selected the evil the evil fast interrupt option,
> check
> you have selected shared interrupts (if its there?), try and get it
> working correctly without raid, load your drives up individually by
> using cat.
[Adrian Head] Individually the drives are fine - I can abuse
them as much as I like. I get transfer rates of about 20-25Mb/s - slow
but acceptable.
> Once you have the underlying structure working adding raid should
> cause
> no problems. (i hope)
[Adrian Head] It is once I add the raid stuff that the problem
occurs :-(
> Good luck, let me know if you still have problems.
>
> Glenn
