Re: Linux 2.0.31-pre-4: bug detecting secondary IDE drive

Doug Ledford (dledford@dialnet.net)
Thu, 14 Aug 1997 03:32:50 -0500

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> (I couldn't include the original next because of a bug in
> the NetAddress e-mail reply form.)
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> Wierd...I even got the same hard drive detection problem with a kernel
> as early as 2.0.12! I didn't used to get this phenomenon with kernels
> earlier than 2.0.27. I checked my drive with Western Digital's
> diagnostic tools, and there was nothing wrong with it.
>
> Very wierd indeed...

Almost sounds like you didn't used to have Triton IDE chipset support (the
DMA part) turned on in the past and now you do, making the third drive time
out while testing DMA mode. If you didn't have DMA support turned on
before, it never would have tried and you never would have seen this
behaviour.

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