From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:24:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:24:35 -0400 Received: from phnx1-blk2-hfc-0251-d1db10f1.rdc1.az.coxatwork.com ([209.219.16.241]:31376 "EHLO mail.labsysgrp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:24:19 -0400 Message-ID: <000b01c1241c$b0cc2e60$6baaa8c0@kevin> From: "Kevin P. Fleming" To: "Alan Cox" Cc: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: Lost interrupt with HPT370 Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:23:38 -0700 Organization: LSG, Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org OK, I've downloaded a beta BIOS update, if that doesn't cure it I'll try adding it to the "bad list" and let y'all know what happens. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Cox" To: "Kevin P. Fleming" Cc: "Alan Cox" ; Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 4:37 AM Subject: Re: Lost interrupt with HPT370 > > I have just tried an HPT-366 card with IC35L040VER07 drives (latest DeskStar > > 41G ATA-100, although the card is only ATA-66) and could not get them to > > even let me create a filesystem without hard locking the machine. This was > > using 2.4.8-ac1 and 2.4.7-ac11. I wrote this off to motherboard/IDE card > > compatibility (or lack thereof), but could it still be an IDE driver issue? > > Some HPT cards have problems with certain drives. I believe its a fixed > problem in newer boards or on those with updatable firmware if you update > the firmware itself > > Check your drive is in the bad_ata100_5 and bad_ata66_4 list. If not add > it then rebuild and retry (drivers/ide/hpt366.c) - and let me know > > Alan > > >