Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Vojtech Pavlik
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 09:41:55AM -0500, Mark Hahn wrote: > > Since this looks like either a chipset, drive, or driver problem, I am > > no: the only entities involved with udma crc's are the drive, > the controller (and the cable). the kernel is not involved in any way > (except to configure

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Vojtech Pavlik
Hi! I'm the current maintainer of the VIA driver. I'm pretty sure the version in 2.4.0 programs the chips correctly for harddrives at various speeds, even leaving some margins where it shouldn't need to. I think there is not any problem with Western Digital drives, I've got many reports of them

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > us who have via chipset motherboards, suggesting that it is limited > > to that chipset, that chipset is ubiquitous, or via chipset > > motherboard owners are generally the complaining type. no idea which > > applies there, either. Sheesh, when you

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread John O'Donnell
Alan Cox wrote: >> us who have via chipset motherboards, suggesting that it is limited >> to that chipset, that chipset is ubiquitous, or via chipset >> motherboard owners are generally the complaining type. no idea which >> applies there, either. > > > Or there are a lot of them. 90% of

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Doug McNaught
James Brents <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > Since this looks like either a chipset, drive, or driver problem, I am > submitting this. > > I have recently started using DMA mode on my harddisk. However, I occasionally > (not often/constant, but sometimes) get CRC errors: > > hda:

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Alan Cox
> us who have via chipset motherboards, suggesting that it is limited > to that chipset, that chipset is ubiquitous, or via chipset > motherboard owners are generally the complaining type. no idea which > applies there, either. Or there are a lot of them. 90% of scsi bug reports I get are

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Mark Hahn
> Since this looks like either a chipset, drive, or driver problem, I am no: the only entities involved with udma crc's are the drive, the controller (and the cable). the kernel is not involved in any way (except to configure udma, of course.) > occasionally (not often/constant, but

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread dep
On Thursday 11 January 2001 08:33 am, James Brents wrote: | Since this looks like either a chipset, drive, or driver problem, I | am submitting this. | I have recently started using DMA mode on my harddisk. However, I | occasionally (not often/constant, but sometimes) get CRC errors: | hda:

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread dep
On Thursday 11 January 2001 08:33 am, James Brents wrote: | Since this looks like either a chipset, drive, or driver problem, I | am submitting this. | I have recently started using DMA mode on my harddisk. However, I | occasionally (not often/constant, but sometimes) get CRC errors: | hda:

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Mark Hahn
Since this looks like either a chipset, drive, or driver problem, I am no: the only entities involved with udma crc's are the drive, the controller (and the cable). the kernel is not involved in any way (except to configure udma, of course.) occasionally (not often/constant, but sometimes)

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Alan Cox
us who have via chipset motherboards, suggesting that it is limited to that chipset, that chipset is ubiquitous, or via chipset motherboard owners are generally the complaining type. no idea which applies there, either. Or there are a lot of them. 90% of scsi bug reports I get are adaptec

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Doug McNaught
James Brents [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello, Since this looks like either a chipset, drive, or driver problem, I am submitting this. I have recently started using DMA mode on my harddisk. However, I occasionally (not often/constant, but sometimes) get CRC errors: hda: dma_intr:

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread John O'Donnell
Alan Cox wrote: us who have via chipset motherboards, suggesting that it is limited to that chipset, that chipset is ubiquitous, or via chipset motherboard owners are generally the complaining type. no idea which applies there, either. Or there are a lot of them. 90% of scsi bug

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Alan Cox wrote: us who have via chipset motherboards, suggesting that it is limited to that chipset, that chipset is ubiquitous, or via chipset motherboard owners are generally the complaining type. no idea which applies there, either. Sheesh, when you can

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Vojtech Pavlik
Hi! I'm the current maintainer of the VIA driver. I'm pretty sure the version in 2.4.0 programs the chips correctly for harddrives at various speeds, even leaving some margins where it shouldn't need to. I think there is not any problem with Western Digital drives, I've got many reports of them

Re: IDE DMA problems on 2.4.0 with vt82c686a driver

2001-01-11 Thread Vojtech Pavlik
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 09:41:55AM -0500, Mark Hahn wrote: Since this looks like either a chipset, drive, or driver problem, I am no: the only entities involved with udma crc's are the drive, the controller (and the cable). the kernel is not involved in any way (except to configure udma,