Hope this helps someone in the same situation as I was.
Felipe.
*PROBLEM*: I get the following error messages
dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x24
lost interrupt
DMA interrupt recovery
when trying to
fdisk /dev/hde
Occasionaly I get lost interrupt messages during system initialization, too.
*BACKGROUND*: I'm installing a SATA hard drive (Seagate ST3500630as) and
an expansion card (Adaptec 1210SA). I'm using Debian 3.1, kernel 2.4.27.
dmesg shows that the drive and the card are recognized properly (see below).
*SOLUTION*:
- booting from Knoppix 5.1 (kernel 2.6.19) showed my drive as
/dev/sda instead of /dev/hde. I am able to fdisk and mkfs it fine. It
made me think the problem was the kernel version.
- updating the kernel from 2.4.27 to 2.6.19 solved my problem.
*THINGS TRIED THAT DID NOT WORK*
- removing other cards (such as sound, off-board video, etc) to free up
IRQs, as per Adaptec personal support
- different PCI buses, as per Adaptec personal support
- different SATA cables [2]
- leaving more power available [1], unplugging other drives
- updating the computer BIOS [3]
- running Seagate Diagnostic Software (SeaTools) [4]; quick test showed
no errors
- updating the SATA card firmware [6]
- disabling DMA (and also Write Cache, SMART, Allow Read Ahead)
- disabling SATA card BIOS installation during boot-up
- Adaptec offers a proprietary driver for RedHat (7.3, 8.0) and Suse
(8.0, 8.1) only [7]. As I'm using Debian, it didn't help.
relevant dmesg output before the problem was fixed:
Adaptec AAR-1210SA: IDE controller at PCI slot 01:0a.0
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 01:0a.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:1f.2
Adaptec AAR-1210SA: chipset revision 2
Adaptec AAR-1210SA: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide2: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio
ide3: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
hda: Maxtor 51536H2, ATA DISK drive
hdb: SAMSUNG SP0411N, ATA DISK drive
blk: queue d0825b60, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
blk: queue d0825c9c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
hdc: _NEC DV-5700A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: MAXTOR 6L080L4, ATA DISK drive
blk: queue d08260f0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
hde: ST3500630AS, ATA DISK drive
[1]
<http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=856143#post856143>
[2] <http://www.jimohalloran.com/2004/02/15/hda-lost-interrupt/#comment-270>
[3]
<http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/devices.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=gen&SystemID=PLX_PNT_P03_GX110&os=WW1&osl=EN>
[4] <http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools>
[6]
<http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/downloads/bios_fw/bios_fw_ver?productId=AAR-1210SA&dn=Adaptec+Serial+ATA+RAID+1210SA>
[7] <http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/sata/sata/AAR-1210SA/>
[8]
<http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/browse_thread/thread/3a58549c58c9b589/dfb4a9ab73daef53?lnk=gst&q=lost+interrupt+sata&rnum=2#dfb4a9ab73daef53>
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