Bug#549647: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 errors

2009-10-14 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Paolo Sala paolo.s...@csaricerche.com writes: Furthermore I can't understand why if I set dma (hdparm -d1 /dev/hda) on, the dma is on even after a reboot; and why if I shut down the pc when I power up again the dma is off again... your conclusion is the hd is failing? While the IDE cable has

Bug#549647: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 errors

2009-10-09 Thread Paolo Sala
Ben Hutchings scrisse in data 08/10/2009 15:41: [...] The IDE driver will automatically disable DMA after repeated errors. In effect I have changed the hd and now the problem seems to be solved. Thank you very much Ben! Piviul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#549647: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 errors

2009-10-08 Thread Paolo Sala
Hi Ben, why you say that the hd is failing? Smartctl doesn't agree with you: proDFS:~# smartctl -H /dev/hda smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART

Bug#549647: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 errors

2009-10-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 14:42 +0200, Paolo Sala wrote: Hi Ben, why you say that the hd is failing? Smartctl doesn't agree with you: proDFS:~# smartctl -H /dev/hda smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

Bug#549647: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 errors on VIA VT82C686 chipset

2009-10-06 Thread Paolo Sala
Ben Hutchings scrisse in data 05/10/2009 15:19: Did an earlier kernel version work better on this hardware? I don't know but seem to be at least from 2.4.27 (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=323452) Please send a longer kernel log showing the errors related to hda (the

Bug#549647: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 errors on VIA VT82C686 chipset

2009-10-05 Thread Paolo Sala
Package: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 Version: 2.6.26-19 Severity: normal During the boot I can find a lot of hda: error waiting for DMA and the boot is very slow; after the boot in effect I can see that the dma parameter for the hda is off. Using hdparm I can set it to on and after a reboot the

Bug#549647: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 errors on VIA VT82C686 chipset

2009-10-05 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 10:10 +0200, Paolo Sala wrote: Package: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 Version: 2.6.26-19 Severity: normal During the boot I can find a lot of hda: error waiting for DMA and the boot is very slow; after the boot in effect I can see that the dma parameter for the hda is