2.4.0test-9: IDE problems

From: Chris Evans (chris@scary.beasts.org)
Date: Tue Oct 10 2000 - 16:45:09 EST


Hi,

Finally got around to trying out 2.4.0test9. I'm going to do some VM
performance comparisons (incidentally because VM should be a carefully
measured science not random cool idea of the day which we have seen too
much of recently).

Unfortunately, I can't start fair tests yet because UDMA3 refuses to
activate in 2.4.0test-9.

I get these messages on boot

ide0: Speed warnings UDMA 3/4/5 is not functional.
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 }
ide0: reset: success
hda: DMA disabled

Subsequently, if I run
hdparm -d1 -X67 /dev/hda

I get told
ide0: Speed warnings UDMA 3/4/5 is not functional.

And this leaves me with
/dev/hda:
 Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 5.71 seconds = 11.21 MB/sec

Under the stock 2.2 RedHat 7.0 kernel, the same hdparm tuning gives me
about 17Mb/s.

Anyone got any hints? I selected the ATA option. Might this be causing the
failure?

Anyone got any hints?

Cheers
Chris

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