On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 12:36:31PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I enabled DMA in my kernel (w/ the VIA82xxxx support), and now it works (my
> hard drive writes are about six times faster), but now I get weird errors in
> the kernel output:
>
> Partition check:
> hda:hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> hdb: DMA disabled
> ide0: reset: success
>
[...]
I was getting those when I was using an old tower-type case which
required the use of a long IDE cable. I switched to a smaller case and
shorter cables and that cured it.
HTH
your pal dave
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Dave Thayer
Denver, Colorado USA
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