Re: Dma problems with Promise IDE controller

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:43:23 +0100, Johan Groth <jgroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm using a Promise controller controlling 4 IDE HD:s, setup as a sw
> raid0 array. Lately I'm getting interuppt problems that looks like this:
> 
> Oct 18 18:03:06 lion kernel: hdg: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61
> Oct 18 18:03:16 lion kernel: hdg: dma timeout retry: status=0x51 {
> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Oct 18 18:03:16 lion kernel: hdg: dma timeout retry: error=0x40 {
> UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=53500655, sector=53500520
> Oct 18 18:03:16 lion kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 22:01 (hdg),
> sector 53500520
> Oct 18 18:03:16 lion kernel: blk: queue c030c85c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask
> 0xffffffff)
> Oct 18 18:03:21 lion kernel: hdg: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> Oct 18 18:03:21 lion kernel: hdg: read_intr: error=0x40 {
> UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=53500655, sector=53500592
> Oct 18 18:03:21 lion kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 22:01 (hdg),
> sector 53500592

...

> I thought the controller was dying so I bought a new one but with the
> same result. Can it be that hdg is dying?

Yes, you can use smartmontools (http://smartmontools.sf.net) to check the drive.
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