On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Zdenek Kabelac wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Zdenek Kabelac wrote:
> > > BP6 hpt366 is completely bad piece of hardware (I hope it's not that
> > > bad)
> >
> > Unfortunately this is your answer. It will even lockup using PIO mode.
> > It also locks up under Windoze, so it's not a "linux driver problem".
>
> Why its not locking with UDMA2 - just with UDMA4 and concurently running
> interrupts ??
I suspect that going to UDMA2 just makes the problem harder to reproduce due to
the reduced load.
>
> Couldn't this be just some problem with timers ?
> How can you be sure its all just hardware bug ?
>
> Also when this lost interrupt is detected while my computer
> is still running for next five seconds or so before it completele freezes?
I've always wondered this as well.
>
> I think there could be exist some software solution for this
> (just like there are some software fixies for Pentium bugs).
>
> But I do not have technical knowledge to reprogram ATA controler
> (not mentioning I have no idea where the documentation for them
> could be downloaded)
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