Re: [LINUX-ABIT] Problem with UDMA 4 - deadlocking machine

2000-12-18 Thread Jonas Munsin
On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 07:48:18PM +0100, Zdenek Kabelac wrote: So hpt366 linux could coexists peacefully they just can't use UDMA4 mode. I've come to the same conclusion on my bp6 with a seagate ST320430A. -- Jonas Munsin [EMAIL PROTECTED] KeyID: 1024/98A0C47D

[LINUX-ABIT] Re: Problem with UDMA 4 - deadlocking machine

2000-12-18 Thread Hakan Lennestal
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Zdenek Kabelac writes: ยด Ok after this - I've also found some partial solution for this problem which is relatively easy - degrading hpt366 from UDMA 4 to UDMA 2 with 'hdparm -X66 /dev/hdf' - after issuing this command all my test had never failed (8 copies

[LINUX-ABIT] Re: Problem with UDMA 4 - deadlocking machine

2000-12-18 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Zdenek Kabelac writes: How about UDMA 3 (UATA 44) ? hdparm -X67 /dev/hdf For me UDMA 3 works (but not anything higher). I've forget to mention that while checking my computer with SiSandra MSWindows software - it has shown some warning for hpt366

[LINUX-ABIT] Re: Problem with UDMA 4 - deadlocking machine

2000-12-18 Thread Dan Hollis
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". Although Andre has said it's a

Re: [LINUX-ABIT] Re: Problem with UDMA 4 - deadlocking machine

2000-12-18 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
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

Re: [LINUX-ABIT] Re: Problem with UDMA 4 - deadlocking machine

2000-12-18 Thread Ahmon Dancy
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

Re: [LINUX-ABIT] Re: Problem with UDMA 4 - deadlocking machine

2000-12-18 Thread Robert Redelmeier
Ahmon Dancy wrote: I suspect that going to UDMA2 just makes the problem harder to reproduce due to the reduced load. Or it could be something intrinsic about PCI busmastering timings. I would try different PCI latencies in the BIOS. Higher numbers mean a device can hog the bus for