From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261782AbVACV5p (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:57:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261776AbVACV5o (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:57:44 -0500 Received: from jubilee.implode.net ([64.40.108.188]:65409 "EHLO jubilee.implode.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261885AbVACVw4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:52:56 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:52:50 -0800 From: John Wong To: Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Promise IDE DMA issue Message-ID: <20050103215250.GA9409@gambit.implode.net> References: <20050102173704.GA14056@gambit.implode.net> <41D9885B.9090304@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41D9885B.9090304@pobox.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Latest 1.009 BIOS flashed last night. I'll try out some BIOS settings, but the settings work fine with Windows XP. That's why I think it could be something with the driver. This is with the PDC202XX_NEW on kernel 2.6.10 The DMA timeout happens sporadically, but as of yet, has yet to reoccur. The change from 1.008 to 1.009 mentions nothing about the Promide IDE. John On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 01:00:59PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > John Wong wrote: > >I recently upgraded fron a nVidia nForce2 MCP-T based A7NX-DX > >motherboard to an A8V DX, Via K8T800 Pro. Now occassionally, I get > >DMA issues on a drive attached to a Promise 133 TX2 controller (20269). > > I would try fiddling with BIOS settings, and make sure you have the > latest BIOS. > > Jeff > > > >