RE: IDE0 /dev/hda performance hit in 2217 on my HW - more info -maybe extended partitions

2000-11-14 Thread Andre Hedrick
Hi Linda, Are you having variable transfer rates based on the zone access point? If this is the case it is correctly reporting slow on the ID of the LBA range v/s the OD on the media. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To

College of Cardinals Vote!!!

2000-11-14 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote: > I -want- there to be only one hotplug strategy, but Adam seemed to be > talking about the opposite, with his CONFIG_USB_HOTPLUG suggestion. > > I'm hoping that Linus will disagree with the splintering of > CONFIG_HOTPLUG too... CONFIG_HOTPLUG

Re: sorted - was: How to add a drive to DMA black list?

2000-11-16 Thread Andre Hedrick
t;Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he > learned in school." - Albert Einstein > -- > Anton Altaparmakov Voice: +44-(0)1223-333541(lab) / +44-(0)7712-632205(mobile) > Christ's CollegeeMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cambridge CB

Re: sorted - was: How to add a drive to DMA black list?

2000-11-16 Thread Andre Hedrick
for_dma and only then calls ide_dmaproc. > > It is ide_dmaproc that does the good/bad test so obviously it is called too > late. Sorry I have not looked at the PIIX code in a long time and forgot that it was not complete with the table checks. But I will get there soon. Cheers, Andre H

Re: sorted - was: How to add a drive to DMA black list?

2000-11-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
ortunate, this is what I am looking at doing :-(( 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 th

ide.2.2.17.all.20001116.patch

2000-11-17 Thread Andre Hedrick
READONLY TEST! This package is brought to you by the following: ATIPA Linux Solutions Linux ATA Development Timpanogas Research Group Use at your own RISK if modified! Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development

Re: [PATCH] Large "clipped" IDE disk support for 2.4 when using oldBIOS

2000-11-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
; > + > +if (hd_max > 0) { > +hd_cap = hd_max; > +is_lba = 1; > +} > +} > } > -drive->capacity = capacity; > + > +printk("%s: lba = %d, cap = %lu\n", drive->name, is_lba, hd_ca

ATA/IDE: dmaproc error 14 testers wanted!

2000-11-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
If anyone is suffering from the dreaded "dmaproc error 14: unsupported" error and want to test a code that could get you out of that deadlock please speak up. Basically this is an Intel 440BX PIIX4 issues, but the solution is global and should work for all cases. Regards, Andre H

Re: VIA IDE UDMA Mode x -> CRC-ERRORs (2.4.0-testxx)

2000-11-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
There is a problem that it does not downgrade the IO if all you have is iCRC errors. The threshold is 10 events without other errors and it should skip you from ATA-66 to ATA-44. If you did not enable the tuning aspect of the chipset then do so now. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas

PPC test11-7 barfed

2000-11-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
-o vmlinux arch/ppc/mm/mm.o: In function `map_page': arch/ppc/mm/mm.o(.text+0xd90): undefined reference to `set_pgdir' arch/ppc/mm/mm.o(.text+0xd90): relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC_REL24 set_pgdir Will hunt in a bit. Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux D

Re: ATA/IDE: dmaproc error 14 testers wanted!

2000-11-19 Thread Andre Hedrick
It is on kernel.org and the README tells you what to do to enable the stub in ide-dma.c If it works let me know! Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kerne

Re: [PATCH] Large "clipped" IDE disk support for 2.4 when using oldBIOS

2000-11-19 Thread Andre Hedrick
sect); > - drive->select.b.lba = 1; > +/* If new ATA feature is supported, try using it */ > +if (idedisk_supports_host_protected_area(drive)) { > +hd_max = idedisk_read_native_max_address(drive); > +hd_max = idedisk_set_max_address(drive, hd_max); > + > +if (hd_max > 0) { > +hd_cap = hd_max; > +is_lba = 1; > +} > +} > } > - drive->capacity = capacity; > + > +printk("%s: lba = %d, cap = %lu\n", drive->name, is_lba, hd_cap); > + > +/* update parameters with fetched results */ > +drive->select.b.lba = is_lba; > +drive->capacity = hd_cap; > +drive->cyl = hd_cap / (drive->head * drive->sect); > } > > static unsigned long idedisk_capacity (ide_drive_t *drive) > > > -- > Dan Aloni > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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: ATA/IDE: dmaproc error 14 testers wanted!

2000-11-19 Thread Andre Hedrick
ne "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 &quo

Re: [PATCH] Large "clipped" IDE disk support for 2.4 when using oldBIOS

2000-11-19 Thread Andre Hedrick
5). So it needs fixing. 15 == 16 if 0 == 1 in realm of counting numbers. Also geometry is a lie to begin with, so what is one more lie on top of another? Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the l

Re: [PATCH] Large "clipped" IDE disk support for 2.4 when using oldBIOS

2000-11-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
Andries, Don't you mean (drive->id->cfs_enable_1 & 0x0400) word85 and not (drive->id->command_set_1 & 0x0400) word82 Because when bit 10 of word 85 is not set then clip or HPArea is not enabled. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas

Re: [PATCH] Large "clipped" IDE disk support for 2.4 when using oldBIOS

2000-11-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
tor reported previously. Yes, > ATA spec says that the command returns "maximum address", not > number of sectors. > > I'll make a fix and resend a patch - or since the fix is so > simple, I guess Andre can just add these fixes to IDE driver directly. > > -- >

Soft Junk RAID!!! (Re: Abit VP6 HPT370 support?)

2000-11-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
ms / Network Admin - Internet Solutions, Inc. > | http://www.moot.mb.ca Work: (204) 982-1060 > ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ',. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: Defective Red Hat Distribution poorly represents Linux

2000-11-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
Can everyone lay off this guy, he made a mistake and the heat is not cool. This is no way for the general masses to get a taste of Linux, cool? Please jsut let it die or offline the chap. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development

ATA and Stroke Patch up

2000-11-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
pub/../ide-2.2.17/ide.2.2.17.all.20001120.patch pub/../ide-2.2.18/ide.2.2.18-22.all.20001120.patch pub/../ide.2.4.0-t11/ide.2.4.0-t11.1120.patch If you do not set CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE it will warn you how much it is keeping that you can not use. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research

Re: 2.4.0, test10, test11: HPT366 problem

2000-11-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
n > > > --- > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > --- > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a mes

BASTARDIZED FAKE RAID EXPLAINED!!!! STOP ASKING!!!!

2000-11-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
come to life and nobody likes me when that happens. Regards, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE (ranting piss-off over raid shit) guy! - 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: 2.4.0, test10, test11: HPT366 problem

2000-11-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
tomatically, but it is a transfer rate issue than it must be hard coded to force an upper threshold limit. 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 th

Re: 2.4.0, test10, test11: HPT366 problem

2000-11-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
"WDC AC310200R", > NULL > }; > > -- > dwmw2 > > > - > 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/ > And

Re: 2.4.0, test10, test11: HPT366 problem

2000-11-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > No, if it doesn not hang and we get iCRC errors it will down grade > > automatically, but it is a transfer rate issue than it must be hard coded > > to force an upper thr

Re: [uPATCH] fix IDE/ServerWorks OSB4 config option (test11)

2000-11-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
hipset support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 >$CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI $CONFIG_X86 > dep_bool 'SLC90E66 chipset support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 >$CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI $CONFIG_X86 > dep_bool 'Tekram TRM290 chipset support (EXPERIMENTAL)' >CONFIG_BLK_

Re: Announce: modutils 2.3.21 is available

2000-11-22 Thread Andre Hedrick
locally and a generic form that does not have flavor or spin is what maintainers release. 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 a mes

Removable Drive Bays, What am I using.

2000-11-22 Thread Andre Hedrick
schedules. InClose can not handle the direct shipping, but we are looking to find one of their distributors to give Linux users an advantage. All questions can be directed to "InClose Drive Bays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and will be forward to the folks inhouse. Regard, Andre Hedric

Re: ext2 filesystem corruptions back from dead? 2.4.0-test11

2000-11-23 Thread Andre Hedrick
nel changes to the driver that effect the code since 2.4.0-test5 or test6 and it now randomly shows up after five or six revisions out from the change, and the changes were chipset only. Please make your point. Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line &qu

Re: ext2 filesystem corruptions back from dead? 2.4.0-test11

2000-11-23 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Alexander Viro wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > What the F*** does that have to do with the price of eggs in china, heh? > > Just maybe if you could follow a thread, you would see that that Alex Viro > > has poin

Re: ext2 filesystem corruptions back from dead? 2.4.0-test11

2000-11-23 Thread Andre Hedrick
option, for some outstanding patches for 2.5, that would allow for user-space pattern pushing through the driver that gets properly inserted in to the list/buffer-head to make it pass through the block layer. This kind of testing will allow for nibble level tracing through everything, I hope.

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-24 Thread Andre Hedrick
h a > RAM disk image anyways? > > Thanks, > --James Lamanna > - > 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 CTO Timpano

Re: ext2 filesystem corruptions back from dead? 2.4.0-test11

2000-11-24 Thread Andre Hedrick
ually tried it recently). This is the kind of data point that is needed. A possible storage class independent problem. More important, what was the first kernel you began to notice this problem. Next, I need you to enable the DMA engine in ATA to verify that is happening on both classes. Cheers,

PIIX4 BX Errata for DMA errors.

2000-11-24 Thread Andre Hedrick
Anyone having DMA errors that are dmaproc: error 14, there is not a clean workaround yet. Also the Intel erratas state that only a bus reset will clear the hang, but the details are loose. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
the module, go try it. I promise you that it will never boot if you build it in the kernel. Also the terms of acceptance of the module also means you can not built it inter the kernel. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To un

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
Oh remember, I DEFINED the terms that the module could be created! Go and examine the wrapper and it is portions of the pdc202xx.c code that is mine. With that in mind, in order to use that GPL code, the restrictions and terms imposed were module exclusive. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO

Re: [PATCH] removal of "static foo = 0"

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
I have not read setup.S." Are you positive for modules too... Regardless of the fact you have displayed, some of us prefer to clobber it to insure that it stays zero until access. Last thing you want is an unstatic static when we go to spin a disk for data. Just how warm and fuzzy do y

Re: [PATCH] removal of "static foo = 0"

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Keith Owens wrote: > >Are you positive for modules too... > > Yes. I know this, I am being punchy. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "

Re: difference between kernel and bios report on drive status

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
RAM is always fully utilized (except if no swap), > UDMA33? And how come the 2nd is faster than the first one. > > I hope this is not a kernel bug. > > Fei > Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this lis

Re: PROBLEM: (U)DMA, dma_intr status=0x51, error=0x84

2000-11-26 Thread Andre Hedrick
safely support that transfer rate. 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: ATA-4, ATA-5 TCQ status

2000-11-26 Thread Andre Hedrick
. I am working to get IBM to change the method of doing this to make it sane, but its not now. 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/

The Register (fwd)

2000-11-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
Linux was a member and would have to conform to the initial SPEC that we had input on and they did not! The next punch will be to deliver adapter support before them! Also any other things that are turning quietly in the land of ATA. Cheers All, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development Title: The

Re: IDE-driver not generalized enough ?

2000-11-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
> > Regards, > Bjorn > > > - > 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 CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Li

Re: test-10 tulip "eth0 timed out" (smp, heavy IDE use)

2000-11-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
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/

Re: Patch: 2.4.0-test11ac4 version of pci and isapnp device ID'spatch

2000-11-28 Thread Andre Hedrick
that it omits the files that have gained the > same ID tables in Alan's ac4 release). The patch is FTPable from: > > >ftp://ftp.yggdrasil.com/pub/dist/device_control/kernel/pci_id_tables-2.4.0-test11-ac4.patch4.gz > Hey Alan, are we now sorting sub-id's? Andre Hedri

Re: IDE-SCSI/HPT366 Problem

2000-11-29 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 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: IDE-SCSI/HPT366 Problem

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
risk buffer underruns. > A lockup however is not to be expected :-( It is completely expected bacause of teh active timing changes done on this chipset design. The timings are for ATA DMA and not ATAPI. You should expect a 100% hardlock on mistimed IO access. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
ead the causes about "COMMERIAL INTENT", somewhere around section 7 paragraph 3. I have defined the terms that are acceptable to a binary module that incorporates GPL code of MINE! This I DEFINE THE TERMS, and they are module only! Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
er update or publish the updates, and YOU have not legal authority to force me to send you SHIT! Does that make it real clear or not? Later, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
S WILL ROYALLY SCREW EVERYBODY! HAHAHAHA. Now do not go dorking things that I am trying to make make public. This is really pissing me off! Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTEC

Fasttrak Final Point....

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
. Regards, 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-SCSI/HPT366 Problem

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
under PIO mode and not do DMAing then it will work. Also it goes for any device that does ATAPI DMA and not ATA DMA. There is a difference! Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubsc

Re: 2.4.0-test11 ext2 fs corruption

2000-11-28 Thread Andre Hedrick
er we are talking FSC and ATA so what are the details? And where are we poking into the driver. 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_TAPE problem wiht ONSTREAM DI30

2000-12-03 Thread Andre Hedrick
ose': ide-tape.c:1413: parse error before `case' > ide-tape.c:1424: warning: function returns address of local variable make[2]: > *** [ide-tape.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory > `/src/2.4-test11/drivers/ide' make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_ide] Error 2 make[1]: > Leaving

Re: Re[2]: DMA !NOT ONLY! for triton again...

2000-12-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
;t (or shouldn't) >make a difference... Then WHAT ON THE EARTH??? Mike, have you been able to recall >what BIOS option turned DMA on? Shall I write to Andre Hedrick directly? Or is there >a mailing-list smth. like linux-ide? > > > Now, the question is, can we trust a hard

Re: 2.2.17 + ide patches + 61gb ibm disc = problem

2000-12-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
they are the only > drives on the ports. Shouldn't you be setting the jumpers on both drives > into the Single Drive (default) settings? I always thought the Master and > Slave positions are to be used only when connecting two drives on one port. > > hda and hdc should be th

Re: Problems with PDC202xx driver

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
IOPorts > for this chipset. This seems like a really bad thing, considering > that I can gain no access to the drives currently using this driver. > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > --James Lamanna > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel&

Re: DMA !NOT ONLY! for triton again...

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > > Re: PCI clock... Something somewhere (can't find now) made me think that > > my MB is setting the PCI clock synchronously with the CPU clock, i.e. it > > is 25MHz in my case... Any ideas where I could see it?:-) > > I found it - it's in ide.tx

Re: Trashing ext2 with hdparm

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
s well be a bug in hdparm, > so someone else might also want to check... > > -Udo. > - > 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: system hang and corrupt ext2 filesystem with test12-pre5

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
nd 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 &

Re: system hang and corrupt ext2 filesystem with test12-pre5

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
t 2.4 kernels had, have been fixed in the latest > versions. > > What drive are you using? AFAIR, Andre Hedrick once said certain Maxtor > drives aren't quite safe with DMA. WHOA That was more than 3 years ago but that is not to day. I have been working with them internally to

Re: Trashing ext2 with hdparm

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
Did you set and mount a "/var/shm" point? On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Udo A. Steinberg wrote: > Hi, > > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > No way that this could cause corruption it is a read-only test. > > As others pointed out, it's probably something relat

Re: Problems with PDC202xx driver

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
a/ATA controller. There are two different BIOS cores for each design. Linux cleanly supports the BIOS cores know as "Ultra" and not the ones know as "Fasttrak". Because there are different PCI config space setups for each core then we have a problem unless we go and poke around for s

Re: Problems with PDC202xx driver

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
e point (I hope..) > So I guess I'm stuck with loading their proprietary module whenever I want > to use the drive Yep, until they realize that their simple IP is nothing, and want to export the raid calls to the Linux Raid Engine, you are "stuck". > But thanks for the

RASTER driver for Xerox Printers

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
Who has one or knows how to kick one to life? 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

Re: New CD-R high capacity drive specs are coming. (fwd)

2000-12-07 Thread Andre Hedrick
attemp CDRW then it will die. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, M Sweger wrote: > > Hi, > >See the article below. > > I just read that the specs are out for three different types of CD-R &g

Re: Adaptec AAA-114UDMA with chipset AIC-7890AB

2000-08-31 Thread Andre Hedrick
4-channel IDE RAID card (but I wouldn't even mind using > it without the raid features and doing sw raid myself), I'm not sure if this > is supposed to go to the SCSI aic7xxx maintainer or the IDE maintainer. > > Thanks for any help, > > Dan Browning > Network &am

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Withdrawl of Open Source NDS Project/NTFS/M2FS forLinux

2000-09-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
h the Linux Community and use of any of it's > source code in Linux projects. > > Very Truly Yours, > > Jeff Merkey > CEO, TRG > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Pleas

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Withdrawl of Open Source NDS Project/NTFS/M2FS forLinux

2000-09-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
debugger would make all our lives easier and cost me less money > in salaries to engineers for particular projects. > > Jeff > > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > Jeff, > > > > Have you been in the bottle again? > > If this is not a joke, it is not funny. &

Re: Variable Block Chains in ll_rw_block()

2000-09-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
y job? > oh my, nothing is worth that kind of reaction. Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - 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: [ANNOUNCE] Withdrawl of Open Source NDS Project/NTFS/M2FS forLinux

2000-09-03 Thread Andre Hedrick
On 3 Sep 2000, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andre Hedrick) writes: > > > >Apology to Jeff, > > >I am sorry to here of this, but I know what you mean about microsoft. > >My and co-worker's code for doing full taskfile access unde

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Withdrawl of Open Source NDS Project/NTFS/M2FS forLinux

2000-09-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
understand that there is a reason beyond what is easily explainable. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - 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: [ANNOUNCE] Withdrawl of Open Source NDS Project/NTFS/M2FS forLinux

2000-09-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
ain strings attached. But there is no Copyright license in patch code. And I choose not to Copyright patches. Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - 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: [ANNOUNCE] Withdrawl of Open Source NDS Project/NTFS/M2FS forLinux

2000-09-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
ld not describe. If you ever have a problem and need a sound board that will make you think in ways you have never tried before, HPA is the man! Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a messa

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Withdrawl of Open Source NDS Project/NTFS/M2FS forLinux

2000-09-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
om needed to know or allow binary modules to load in the driver that are not native. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - 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: [ANNOUNCE] Withdrawl of Open Source NDS Project/NTFS/M2FS forLinux

2000-09-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
u distribute your product. > > I believe that IGEL's products are shipping with the DiskOnChip driver in > this form. Has anyone sued them yet? > > -- > dwmw2 > > Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - 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: GPL violations: make it harder

2000-09-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Elmer Joandi wrote: > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > My and co-worker's code for doing full taskfile access under linux was > > rejected here but is being used in MicroSoft Whistler 2001. They are > > quick to grab the very best of Linux and adopt

Re: Hangup: Promise ATA100 (PDC20267) and Quantum disk

2000-09-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
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Re: What the Heck? [Fwd: Returned mail: User unknown]

2000-09-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
of our offline pissing contest. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - 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: [ANNOUNCE] Withdrawl of Open Source NDS Project/NTFS/M2FS forLinux

2000-09-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
g a new driver that works as a module > and contains no GPL code. Yeah and I will stop being an ASSHOLE that day also! Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - 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: Hangup: Promise ATA100 (PDC20267) and Quantum disk

2000-09-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
on irq 15 > ide2 at 0x8890-0x8897,0x88aa on irq 7 > ide3 at 0x88c0-0x88c7,0x88da on irq 7 > hdb: 58633344 sectors (30020 MB) w/418KiB Cache, CHS=3649/255/63, UDMA(33) > hdd: 58633344 sectors (30020 MB) w/418KiB Cache, CHS=58168/16/63, UDMA(33) > hdf: 58633344 sectors (30020 MB) w/418KiB Cac

Re: Hangup: Promise ATA100 (PDC20267) and Quantum disk

2000-09-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
cable. Lars, Did you add your drives to const char *pdc_quirk_drives[] = { }; ? Since you are sharing interrupts with your printer, did you enable shared interrupts in the ata/ide driver? Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy PS 'ide.2.2.17.all.2904.patch' is now on kernel.org -

Re: Promise FASTTRAK100 Ultra/100 Raid Card

2000-09-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
Technologies and will never be released. Put it in native Ultra100 mode and use the Linux SoftRaid. The difference is that one you have to source. Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [E

Re: 2.4.0-test5 problems with Promise ATA100

2000-08-31 Thread Andre Hedrick
subscribe 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 The Linux ATA/IDE guy - 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: 3ware controllers and fatal failure mode design decision

2000-09-07 Thread Andre Hedrick
ainder registers as an extra drive. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy Technical Advisor, Board of Directors of 3ware - 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: Notebook disk spindown

2000-09-08 Thread Andre Hedrick
would take me 25 minutes or less to fix the code if I had a full native taskfile. This would allow a (void *)(void) to be set in kernel apmd and have all the drive data and callouts. But that is not doable until 2.5, sorry. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this li

Re: Notebook disk spindown

2000-09-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Russell King wrote: > Andre Hedrick writes: > > You know that it would take me 25 minutes or less to fix the code if I had > > a full native taskfile. This would allow a (void *)(void) to be set in > > kernel apmd and have all the drive data and callout

Re: Notebook disk spindown

2000-09-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Russell King wrote: > Also, please note that I was talking about the whole machine, NOT just > the hard drive. Okay, but I was responding based upon the subject line. Cheers Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "

Re: Notebook disk spindown

2000-09-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
gt; Would it be possible to detect when the disk spins up, and do the flush then? Yes if you had a continuious polling of power status wrt standby. Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - 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: Notebook disk spindown

2000-09-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
; + } > + return (error); > +} > + > +void ide_disk_resume(void) > +{ > + int retry = 5; > + > + if (mult_count >= 0) > + while (retry-- > 0) > + if (set_multcount(hda, mult_count) == 0) > +

Re: IDE HD seek error

2000-09-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
orker [|] Magnus Naeslund > PGP Key: http://www.genline.nu/mag_pgp.txt > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [PATCH] APM patch for 2.2.18pre4

2000-09-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
Stephen, Did you ever want to attempt the direct APM access of drives? Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - 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] VIA IDE driver v2.3

2000-09-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
Vojtech, How about putting the old credits list back in because if the code base that you started with, please. Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read

Re: Linux 2.2.18pre6

2000-09-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
now in my patch, I will pull it if it will prevent me from having to carry this monster around. I am considering the pull of the backport because I do not have time to do both directions. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

2.2 Backport Terminated ...

2000-09-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
Finish Drive Certification Model and test Suite. Stop pissing Linus off on a regular basis ;-) Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy PS. If you do not get a reply or a late one you now know why. PS. If BKZ is up to it, he will begin to handle the back-ports again. - To

Re: byte order of IDE identify data on ppc, sparc etc

2000-09-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
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Re: Update Linux 2.4 Status/TODO list

2000-09-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 2. Capable Of Corrupting Your FS/data > > * Use PCI DMA by default in IDE is unsafe (must not do so on via >VPx, x < 3) (requires chipset tuning to be enabled according to > Andre Hedrick --- we need to turn

Re: UDMA100 & Linux 2.2.*

2000-09-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
end 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 The Linux ATA/IDE guy - 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: Update Linux 2.4 Status/TODO list

2000-09-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
callout to prevent this. Again you would have the option of invoking spin-up by APM attempts or using taskfile commands to brut force it into life. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a

Re: Distro kernel patches (was Re: Linux 2.2.18pre4)

2000-09-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
sted on basically clerical patch maintenance work. Thanks Chip but the backporting to 2.2 has been terminated. I stopped at 2.2.18-3 and would have stopped at 2.2.15-pre7 if someone had not taken the time to do it for me. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this li

RE: Patches

2000-09-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
d start with a stock kernel based upon the patch level. You can not have it both ways. sorry, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - 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/

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