Re: [PATCH] PCI-Devices and ServerWorks chipset

2001-01-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
ot going to sign any NDA anytime soon, so > I haven't asked them for details. I recall someone writing here it's > restrictive, indeed. > > > The only people who have ever got info out of serverworks are the lm78 > > guys and (i think) andre hedrick. I can get any i

Re: File System Corruption with 2.2.18

2001-01-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
the disk. It can do that without a file system also ;-) Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: File System Corruption with 2.2.18

2001-01-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
to use the box for a month and then go "f..., this box has faulty memory!" or ..."faulty disk!". Yes, that's what's happened to all of us. It's much nicer to get a warranty replacement, when you don't have any data on the disk. It can do that without a file system also...

Re: [PATCH] PCI-Devices and ServerWorks chipset

2001-01-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
, so I haven't asked them for details. I recall someone writing here it's restrictive, indeed. The only people who have ever got info out of serverworks are the lm78 guys and (i think) andre hedrick. I can get any info needed, you just have to define the scope. Then will not can

Re: [PATCH] PCI-Devices and ServerWorks chipset

2001-01-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
, they they sell CPU's fpr $100's and sell chipsets at pennies. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

RE: [PATCH] PCI-Devices and ServerWorks chipset (fwd)

2001-01-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
is now the key now that Revolution is established. Regards, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:44:00 -0800 From: Kim snip To: Andre Hedrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: snip Subject: RE: [PATCH] PCI-Devices and ServerWorks chipset (fwd

Re: File System Corruption with 2.2.18

2001-01-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
issue. It does not care about the OS, it is doing the direct access that some would call bit-bangging in the old days. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development Device: QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM20.4 Serial Number: 18456110 : 7f51 6686 cbbf bd2d bf2b 1053 e683 1428 .Qf-.+.S...( 0010: d813

Re: File System Corruption with 2.2.18

2001-01-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Tim Fletcher wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > Cute. Can it be run on say a swap partition? > > > > maybe but why? > > Because it stores no data, hence the wiping out of it is no problem? Well that is useless test them because you c

Re: File System Corruption with 2.2.18

2001-01-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > Hi! > > Cute. Can it be run on say a swap partition? maybe but why? Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: File System Corruption with 2.2.18

2001-01-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
it fixes the behavior? > > By the way, what motherboard is this? > > Andre: Thanks for sending this to me, this is the case I was looking for > - true data corruption on 2.2 kernel. Now I hope my new driver fixes > this. > > Vojtech > > On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at

Re: int. assignment on SMP + ServerWorks chipset

2001-01-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
roblem. > For completness, made changes are attached. > > Could anybody help? > > Petr > > --- > Petr Matula [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.fi.muni.cz/~pem > ---

Re: File System Corruption with 2.2.18

2001-01-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
patible controller: NVidia/SGS Thomson Riva 128 (rev 16). > Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 5. Master > Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=1. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe400 [0xe400]. > Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe600 [0xe600

Re: ServerWorks IDE in 2.4.0-ac4

2001-01-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
-CONFIG_IDE=m +CONFIG_IDE=y Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: ServerWorks IDE in 2.4.0-ac4

2001-01-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
-CONFIG_IDE=m +CONFIG_IDE=y Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: File System Corruption with 2.2.18

2001-01-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe400 [0xe400]. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe600 [0xe608]. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml

Re: int. assignment on SMP + ServerWorks chipset

2001-01-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~pem --- Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: File System Corruption with 2.2.18

2001-01-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
e behavior? By the way, what motherboard is this? Andre: Thanks for sending this to me, this is the case I was looking for - true data corruption on 2.2 kernel. Now I hope my new driver fixes this. Vojtech On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 10:06:38AM -0800, Andre Hedrick wrote: Good Morni

Re: File System Corruption with 2.2.18

2001-01-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: Hi! Cute. Can it be run on say a swap partition? maybe but why? Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please re

Re: File System Corruption with 2.2.18

2001-01-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
, it is doing the direct access that some would call bit-bangging in the old days. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development Device: QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM20.4 Serial Number: 18456110 : 7f51 6686 cbbf bd2d bf2b 1053 e683 1428 .Qf-.+.S...( 0010: d813 2126 2bf5 1e4c ea8b 7453 bf38 40fa

Re: IDE not fully found (2.4.0)

2001-01-15 Thread Andre Hedrick
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: HP Pavilion 8290 HANGS on boot 2.4/2.4-test9

2001-01-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
the hardware. Only if the BIOS with INT13 calls are performing DMA stuff until the OS takes over could this be a player. If you disable DMA in the BIOS does that help? Regards, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
> __setup("force_dma") ... > > So those who want to play fast can > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedr

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
x-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: HP Pavilion 8290 HANGS on boot 2.4/2.4-test9

2001-01-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
with INT13 calls are performing DMA stuff until the OS takes over could this be a player. If you disable DMA in the BIOS does that help? Regards, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMA

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
On 12 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Andre Hedrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Well that "experimental patch" is designed to get out of the dreaded > >"DMA Timeout Hang" or deadlock that is most

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > It works perfectly and exactly as it is defined to work by the rules. > > Getting the rules correct == 'the concept of "working"'. > > Don't be silly

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > It works perfectly and exactly as it is defined to work by the rules. > > Getting the rules correct == 'the concept of "working"'. > > Don't be silly

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > I told you that I have the new code that is scheduled for 2.5 certified on > > analizers to be technically correct as it relates to the "state diagrams" &

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
it's gone. Linus I know how the driver is to work and how it behaves in non-multimodes, but I am not sure that even Mark Lord could tells you or me about the true nature of the current multimode with various chipsets. Sheesh some of them are now documenting that special bits must be set to do 32-bit word access on the dataport. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > Scratch that patch it has 2 typos that are in amd74xx.c > > > > will do it again.. > > I will scratch your new patch too. > > I want t

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
Scratch that patch it has 2 typos that are in amd74xx.c will do it again.. Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
ly correct, but function :-(( Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch.bz2

ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
ly correct, but function :-(( Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch.bz2

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
Scratch that patch it has 2 typos that are in amd74xx.c will do it again.. Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: Scratch that patch it has 2 typos that are in amd74xx.c will do it again.. I will scratch your new patch too. I want to see the code to handle the apparent VIA DMA bug

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: I told you that I have the new code that is scheduled for 2.5 certified on analizers to be technically correct as it relates to the "state diagrams" in the standard. "Tech

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: It works perfectly and exactly as it is defined to work by the rules. Getting the rules correct == 'the concept of "working"'. Don't be silly. You're entirely ignoring the concept o

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: It works perfectly and exactly as it is defined to work by the rules. Getting the rules correct == 'the concept of "working"'. Don't be silly. You're entirely ignoring the concept o

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
On 12 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andre Hedrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well that "experimental patch" is designed to get out of the dreaded "DMA Timeout Hang" or deadlock that is most noted by the PIIX4 on the Intel 440*X Ch

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Andre Hedrick
cassion are probably fine (off to mark calender, a positive comment about ATA) > ATA100 is another testimony to the fact that pigs can be made to fly given > sufficient thrust (to borrow an RFC) But the price to pay is SCSI noise in ATA devices, or was that pig lips flapping in the breez

Re: [PATCH] improved IDE OnStream support for linux 2.4

2001-01-11 Thread Andre Hedrick
Its cool with me... On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Marcel J.E. Mol wrote: > Hi guys, > > Below is a patch to fix some problems in the OnStream tape drive support > in ide-tape.c. > > - It implements Early Warning (e.g. retuns ENOSPC) for reaching end-of-tape. > This fixes a real nasty problem when

AMD760/765 DDR Athlon testers needed....

2001-01-11 Thread Andre Hedrick
Calling AMD Geeks^H^H^H^H^HUsers, I have one of these DDR boxes from AMD with the AMD760/765 cores, if you have one please let me know if you wnat to test this new code? It is only ATA66 limited and the DOCS I have do not have the ATA100 timings. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development

AMD760/765 DDR Athlon testers needed....

2001-01-11 Thread Andre Hedrick
Calling AMD Geeks^H^H^H^H^HUsers, I have one of these DDR boxes from AMD with the AMD760/765 cores, if you have one please let me know if you wnat to test this new code? It is only ATA66 limited and the DOCS I have do not have the ATA100 timings. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development

Re: [PATCH] improved IDE OnStream support for linux 2.4

2001-01-11 Thread Andre Hedrick
Its cool with me... On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Marcel J.E. Mol wrote: Hi guys, Below is a patch to fix some problems in the OnStream tape drive support in ide-tape.c. - It implements Early Warning (e.g. retuns ENOSPC) for reaching end-of-tape. This fixes a real nasty problem when writing

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Andre Hedrick
) ATA100 is another testimony to the fact that pigs can be made to fly given sufficient thrust (to borrow an RFC) But the price to pay is SCSI noise in ATA devices, or was that pig lips flapping in the breeze...? Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: [PATCH] 2.2.18pre21 ide-disk.c for OB800

2001-01-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
wanting me to create a struct or bit mask to carry the the device settings/mode that is set before an APM/ACPI event happens. Regardless that the answer is wrong, somebody/thing has to keep a copy of the device settings, and the case of swapout they get nuked. Thus a reprobe must happen. ye

Re: [PATCH] 2.2.18pre21 ide-disk.c for OB800

2001-01-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
lse if (0x51 == stat) { > + /* > + ** HP OB800 laptop HD (IBM-DMCA-21440) fix. > + ** See comments in read_intr(). > + */ > + { > + ide_cmd(drive, WIN_SETMULT, drive->mult_req, >_multmode_intr);

KIOBUFS ??

2001-01-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
to reduce the pain of restarting the entire request because of the huge DMA-PRD-Chain that has no clue how to report error location and allow a restart from NxPRD's before the error. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-k

Re: [PATCH] 2.2.18pre21 ide-disk.c for OB800

2001-01-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
lt_req, set_multmode_intr); + return ide_started; + } } - return ide_stopped; + return ide_error(drive, "multwrite_intr", stat); } /* - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body o

Re: [PATCH] 2.2.18pre21 ide-disk.c for OB800

2001-01-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
to carry the the device settings/mode that is set before an APM/ACPI event happens. Regardless that the answer is wrong, somebody/thing has to keep a copy of the device settings, and the case of swapout they get nuked. Thus a reprobe must happen. yes/no? Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development

KIOBUFS ??

2001-01-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
to reduce the pain of restarting the entire request because of the huge DMA-PRD-Chain that has no clue how to report error location and allow a restart from NxPRD's before the error. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-k

Re: [PATCH] 2.4.0 MAINTAINERS for ide-floppy updates

2001-01-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
IDE/ATAPI FLOPPY DRIVERS > +P: Paul Bristow > +M: Paul Bristow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > +W: http://paulbristow.net/linux/idefloppy.html > L: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > S: Maintained > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel&q

Re: [PATCH] ide-features.c: unchecked kmalloc

2001-01-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
= kmalloc(SECTOR_WORDS*4, GFP_ATOMIC); > + if (!id) { > + __restore_flags(flags); /* local CPU only */ > + return 0; > + } > ide_input_data(drive, id, SECTOR_WORDS); > (void) GET_STAT(); /* clear drive IRQ */ > ide__sti(); /*

Re: [PATCH] ide-features.c: unchecked kmalloc

2001-01-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
) { + __restore_flags(flags); /* local CPU only */ + return 0; + } ide_input_data(drive, id, SECTOR_WORDS); (void) GET_STAT(); /* clear drive IRQ */ ide__sti(); /* local CPU only */ Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from

Re: [PATCH] 2.4.0 MAINTAINERS for ide-floppy updates

2001-01-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
] S: Maintained - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "un

Re: [PATCH] PCI device IDs for Intel i815E chipset (2.4.0)

2001-01-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
}}, ON_BOARD, 0 }, > {DEVID_PIIX4NX, "PIIX4",PCI_PIIX, NULL, INIT_PIIX, > NULL, {{0x41,0x80,0x80}, {0x43,0x80,0x80}}, ON_BOARD, 0 }, > - {DEVID_PIIX4U3, "PIIX4",PCI_PIIX, ATA66_PIIX, INIT_PIIX,

Re: [PATCH] PCI device IDs for Intel i815E chipset (2.4.0)

2001-01-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
INIT_PDC202XX, NULL, {{0x50,0x02,0x02}, {0x50,0x04,0x04}}, OFF_BOARD, 16 }, -- Peter Denison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Driver for Promise DC4030VL cards. See http://www.pnd-pc.demon.co.uk/promise/promise.html for details Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Promise Ultra66 DMA problems.

2001-01-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
dapters > > Any help, or any way I could help would be appreciated. Eager to try > and get this resolved, as I've seen it crop up a number of times, and > it's also a pain to have to physically hit the reset button as the > machine is off-site. > > -- > Adrian > - > T

Re: boot up problem of IDE disk in 2.4.0!

2001-01-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
IA_USB=m > CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA5249=m > # CONFIG_VIDEO_STRADIS is not set > CONFIG_VIDEO_ZORAN=m > CONFIG_VIDEO_BUZ=m > # CONFIG_VIDEO_ZR36120 is not set > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y > CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT=m > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: boot up problem of IDE disk in 2.4.0!

2001-01-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in t

Re: Promise Ultra66 DMA problems.

2001-01-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
e "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAI

Re: Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts....

2001-01-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
t; > /HÃ¥kan > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Woodhouse writes: > > > > The IBM DTLA drives aren't in the hpt366 bad_ata66_4 list still. > > > > --- > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > -

Re: 2.2.18 and Maxtor 96147H6 (61 GB)

2001-01-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this li

Re: [PATCH] ide patch problem

2001-01-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
is list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

WOOHOO!!!!!! IDEDMA Timeouts!!

2001-01-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
I have a 95% solution that prevents that hang. It invokes some other minor kernel bugs because of the hack, but it recovers ad keeps on trucking. I now have to fine tune the NASTY-ARSE-HACK and test for possible corruption, but it looks like none to be found do date. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO

WOOHOO!!!!!! IDEDMA Timeouts!!

2001-01-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
I have a 95% solution that prevents that hang. It invokes some other minor kernel bugs because of the hack, but it recovers ad keeps on trucking. I now have to fine tune the NASTY-ARSE-HACK and test for possible corruption, but it looks like none to be found do date. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO

Re: [PATCH] ide patch problem

2001-01-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
lease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: 2.2.18 and Maxtor 96147H6 (61 GB)

2001-01-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
AQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: CPRM copy protection for ATA drives

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
hidden CPRM space for key tracking and other services that are unknown. How it works is still a fuzzy thought, even for the LC4 people. I have to kill this timeout bug or people will scream bloody murder. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA

Re: IDE-DMA Timeout Bug may be dead...

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, David Ford wrote: > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, dep wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday 02 January 2001 06:00 am, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > | Doing final tests but it may have come to and end and that deadlock > > >

Re: Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts....

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
es I have media-type block code for DMA on know hosts. Basically I have not gotten the time to add the extra DMA engine code to handle ATAPI on these controllers in question. Yes they do have different address locations and rules for doing DMA/ATA33/66/100 ATAPI. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO T

Re: CPRM copy protection for ATA drives

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
NU-CPRM and open-source it. License it for FREE. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts....

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
t this was a hpt366 problem, > and possibly has only shown up with IBM drives so far. > > It sounds like the proper fix would be to not enable ata66 by default. > LT, This is one of the evolution timing issues that both the drive guys and the chipset guys point fingers, while both att

Re: IDE-DMA Timeout Bug may be dead...

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
Nothing to do with your dirty crosstolak in you ribbon.. On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, dep wrote: > On Tuesday 02 January 2001 06:00 am, Andre Hedrick wrote: > | Doing final tests but it may have come to and end and that deadlock > | may be gone in a few hours after some sleep. > > if

IDE-DMA Timeout Bug may be dead...

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
Doing final tests but it may have come to and end and that deadlock may be gone in a few hours after some sleep. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-k

IDE-DMA Timeout Bug may be dead...

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
Doing final tests but it may have come to and end and that deadlock may be gone in a few hours after some sleep. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-k

Re: IDE-DMA Timeout Bug may be dead...

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
Nothing to do with your dirty crosstolak in you ribbon.. On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, dep wrote: On Tuesday 02 January 2001 06:00 am, Andre Hedrick wrote: | Doing final tests but it may have come to and end and that deadlock | may be gone in a few hours after some sleep. if it has anything to do

Re: Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts....

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
fix would be to not enable ata66 by default. LT, This is one of the evolution timing issues that both the drive guys and the chipset guys point fingers, while both attempt to fix the problem in their BIOS/Diskware. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development

Re: CPRM copy protection for ATA drives

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
committee. users. A GPLed program isn't likely to depend on this "feature", is it? Or the Intel CPU ID...). It requires a licensed HOST/Application like a JAVA-thingy, or a real-local one. If you want to kill it somebody create a GNU-CPRM and open-source it. License it for FREE. Ch

Re: Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts....

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
media-type block code for DMA on know hosts. Basically I have not gotten the time to add the extra DMA engine code to handle ATAPI on these controllers in question. Yes they do have different address locations and rules for doing DMA/ATA33/66/100 ATAPI. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research

Re: IDE-DMA Timeout Bug may be dead...

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, David Ford wrote: Andre Hedrick wrote: On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, dep wrote: On Tuesday 02 January 2001 06:00 am, Andre Hedrick wrote: | Doing final tests but it may have come to and end and that deadlock | may be gone in a few hours after some sleep. How 'bout

Re: CPRM copy protection for ATA drives

2001-01-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
hidden CPRM space for key tracking and other services that are unknown. How it works is still a fuzzy thought, even for the LC4 people. I have to kill this timeout bug or people will scream bloody murder. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA

Ignore that part of the patch.....

2001-01-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
it was a goof to an incomplete feature, but that was the only goof I am aware of at this point. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of

Re: Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts....

2001-01-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
I screwed up on the patch for that one and have to find the correct one that does the correct walk around on the mis matched standard problems. This is my bad, sorry...back in 20 minutes... Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development

Re: Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts....

2001-01-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
ed on Bit 13 only ATA-5 is HOST side and Device side based on Bit 14 only ATA-6 is HOST side and Device side based on Bit 14 and Bit 13 ATA-6 is the correct method... Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this li

[temp t13] Set Features CPRM Lock, Proposal (was Re: CPRM) (fwd)

2001-01-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
Anyone want to comment on the proposal to create a global setfeatures lockout of CPRM? The language used is in terms of the SPEC. Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:24

Re: Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts....

2001-01-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
is not functional.\n", >drive->name); > > as it apparently makes CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB a complete no-op? Exactly what it is designed to do, Ignore Validity Bits, because the whole damn messedup the rules between ATA-4 and ATA-6 Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP

Re: Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts....

2001-01-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
gned to do, Ignore Validity Bits, because the whole damn messedup the rules between ATA-4 and ATA-6 Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of

[temp t13] Set Features CPRM Lock, Proposal (was Re: CPRM) (fwd)

2001-01-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
Anyone want to comment on the proposal to create a global setfeatures lockout of CPRM? The language used is in terms of the SPEC. Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:24

Re: Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts....

2001-01-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
side based on Bit 14 only ATA-6 is HOST side and Device side based on Bit 14 and Bit 13 ATA-6 is the correct method... Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-k

Re: Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts....

2001-01-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
I screwed up on the patch for that one and have to find the correct one that does the correct walk around on the mis matched standard problems. This is my bad, sorry...back in 20 minutes... Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development

Ignore that part of the patch.....

2001-01-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
it was a goof to an incomplete feature, but that was the only goof I am aware of at this point. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of

Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts....

2000-12-31 Thread Andre Hedrick
read/write mode for any FS. mke2fs -b 2048 /dev/hdc You must format to 2048 size blocks. UDF is an unknown. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development diff -urN linux-2.4.0-prerelease-pristine/drivers/ide/cs5530.c

Chipsets, DVD-RAM, and timeouts....

2000-12-31 Thread Andre Hedrick
read/write mode for any FS. mke2fs -b 2048 /dev/hdc You must format to 2048 size blocks. UDF is an unknown. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development diff -urN linux-2.4.0-prerelease-pristine/drivers/ide/cs5530.c

Re: New info -- HPT370 RAID support now possible? (was New possibilitiesfor HPT370 RAID support?)

2000-12-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
reeBSD and extract the information for me go for it. I have a MESS known as CPRM to stop and I am in the middle of drafting a counter proposal to prevent the CPU/PC/Computer world from being royally screwed by Hollywood. http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/top/docs/copy122900.htm Cheers,

Re: New info -- HPT370 RAID support now possible? (was New possibilitiesfor HPT370 RAID support?)

2000-12-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
and extract the information for me go for it. I have a MESS known as CPRM to stop and I am in the middle of drafting a counter proposal to prevent the CPU/PC/Computer world from being royally screwed by Hollywood. http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/top/docs/copy122900.htm Cheers, Andre

Re: [PATCH] 8139too fix

2000-12-28 Thread Andre Hedrick
Jeff Garzik, is offline for the next three weeks.. He claims that his wrists hurt from the keyboard ;-)... Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-k

Re: [PATCH] 8139too fix

2000-12-28 Thread Andre Hedrick
Jeff Garzik, is offline for the next three weeks.. He claims that his wrists hurt from the keyboard ;-)... Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-k

Re: The NSA's Security-Enhanced Linux (fwd)

2000-12-22 Thread Andre Hedrick
se). Director is just under "The Office Inspector General of NSA". Basically a division head that reports only to the OIG. Trust that I know what I am talking about. ;-) Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscri

Re: The NSA's Security-Enhanced Linux (fwd)

2000-12-22 Thread Andre Hedrick
or is just under "The Office Inspector General of NSA". Basically a division head that reports only to the OIG. Trust that I know what I am talking about. ;-) Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this

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