Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Ion Badulescu wrote: > On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > You really ought to rename this parameter to pcibus. Even though it doesn't > > > do justice to the VLB bus, the potential for user error is much smaller. > > > > Until today you had a vaild point! > >

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-06 Thread Ion Badulescu
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > You really ought to rename this parameter to pcibus. Even though it doesn't > > do justice to the VLB bus, the potential for user error is much smaller. > > Until today you had a vaild point! > > Promise Ultra100TX2 (20268 chipset). > > This is a

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Ion Badulescu wrote: > On Fri, 06 Apr 2001 21:30:24 -0700, Andre Hedrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You killed yourself > > > > You do not have a host that will do idebus=66 > > You really ought to rename this parameter to pcibus. Even though it doesn't > do

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-06 Thread Ion Badulescu
On Fri, 06 Apr 2001 21:30:24 -0700, Andre Hedrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You killed yourself > > You do not have a host that will do idebus=66 You really ought to rename this parameter to pcibus. Even though it doesn't do justice to the VLB bus, the potential for user error is much

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
You killed yourself You do not have a host that will do idebus=66 You have now dived you clock timing in half. You should expect to have a driver time out before the device is completed. -- Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel Development

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
You killed yourself You do not have a host that will do idebus=66 You have now dived you clock timing in half. You should expect to have a driver time out before the device is completed. -- Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel Development

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-06 Thread Ion Badulescu
On Fri, 06 Apr 2001 21:30:24 -0700, Andre Hedrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You killed yourself You do not have a host that will do idebus=66 You really ought to rename this parameter to pcibus. Even though it doesn't do justice to the VLB bus, the potential for user error is much

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Ion Badulescu wrote: On Fri, 06 Apr 2001 21:30:24 -0700, Andre Hedrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You killed yourself You do not have a host that will do idebus=66 You really ought to rename this parameter to pcibus. Even though it doesn't do justice to the

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-06 Thread Ion Badulescu
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: You really ought to rename this parameter to pcibus. Even though it doesn't do justice to the VLB bus, the potential for user error is much smaller. Until today you had a vaild point! Promise Ultra100TX2 (20268 chipset). This is a 66MHz

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Ion Badulescu wrote: On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: You really ought to rename this parameter to pcibus. Even though it doesn't do justice to the VLB bus, the potential for user error is much smaller. Until today you had a vaild point! Promise

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-05 Thread Alessandro Suardi
Sorry for the null message, fingers slipped :( Alan Cox wrote: > > > ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14 > > is about the most ominous message one can receive from the IDE driver: > > > > 1. it's not in English, so it doesn't tell you jack > > It tells you the chipset

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-05 Thread Alessandro Suardi
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Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-05 Thread Alessandro Suardi
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Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-05 Thread Alessandro Suardi
Sorry for the null message, fingers slipped :( Alan Cox wrote: ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14 is about the most ominous message one can receive from the IDE driver: 1. it's not in English, so it doesn't tell you jack It tells you the chipset doesnt

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-04 Thread Alan Cox
> ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14 > is about the most ominous message one can receive from the IDE driver: > > 1. it's not in English, so it doesn't tell you jack It tells you the chipset doesnt support an IDE dma timeout handling function (ie all it can do is reset

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-04 Thread Ion Badulescu
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 20:00:29 +0100 (BST), Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Been running this configuration over more than 2 years now without such >> major problems. >> Could this be the cause? > > Quite possibly. There are reasons we ignore bug reports from overclockers Perhaps. But,

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-04 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Frank Cornelis wrote: > Hey, > > After I did put in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks > USE_DMA=1 > my system did crash very badly, I guess after my hard disks did wake up [SNIPPED...] > > BTW: my motherboard runs at 112 Mhz, overclocked, was 100 Mhz. > Been running this

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-04 Thread Brian Gerst
Frank Cornelis wrote: > > Hey, > > After I did put in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks > USE_DMA=1 > my system did crash very badly, I guess after my hard disks did wake up > again. For I while I though I'd lose some sectors because of this, I had > to re-install my RedHat 7.0, had a not so

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-04 Thread Alan Cox
> After I did put in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks > USE_DMA=1 > my system did crash very badly, I guess after my hard disks did wake up So you forced DMA on > BTW: my motherboard runs at 112 Mhz, overclocked, was 100 Mhz. and ran overclocked > Been running this configuration over more than

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-04 Thread Alan Cox
After I did put in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks USE_DMA=1 my system did crash very badly, I guess after my hard disks did wake up So you forced DMA on BTW: my motherboard runs at 112 Mhz, overclocked, was 100 Mhz. and ran overclocked Been running this configuration over more than 2

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-04 Thread Brian Gerst
Frank Cornelis wrote: Hey, After I did put in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks USE_DMA=1 my system did crash very badly, I guess after my hard disks did wake up again. For I while I though I'd lose some sectors because of this, I had to re-install my RedHat 7.0, had a not so productive

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-04 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Frank Cornelis wrote: Hey, After I did put in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks USE_DMA=1 my system did crash very badly, I guess after my hard disks did wake up [SNIPPED...] BTW: my motherboard runs at 112 Mhz, overclocked, was 100 Mhz. Been running this

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-04 Thread Ion Badulescu
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 20:00:29 +0100 (BST), Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Been running this configuration over more than 2 years now without such major problems. Could this be the cause? Quite possibly. There are reasons we ignore bug reports from overclockers Perhaps. But, ide_dmaproc:

Re: linux 2.4.3 crashed my hard disk

2001-04-04 Thread Alan Cox
ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14 is about the most ominous message one can receive from the IDE driver: 1. it's not in English, so it doesn't tell you jack It tells you the chipset doesnt support an IDE dma timeout handling function (ie all it can do is reset and