>Try to take "CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC" and "CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC" out of your
>kernel. Maybe you are stuck on PIO because the kernel doesn't choose the
>right IDE driver. I had the same problem.
Thanks, but sadly it didn't help much! :(
> try appending the dmesg output and a hdparm -v /dev/hda and hdparm -i
> /dev/hda output.
dmesg is at www.maxxer.it/config/dmesg.gz
(after the above mods)
This message sounds new to me:
hda: UDMA speeds >UDMA33 cannot be set
it happens (probably) when hdparm is started.
# hdparm -v /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 0 (off)
IO_support = 1 (32-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 256 (on)
geometry = 16383/255/63, sectors = 156301488, start = 0
# hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=HTS541080G9AT00, FwRev=MB4VA60A, SerialNo=MPB4LAX6HTD17M
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7539kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a: ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5,6
* signifies the current active mode
> another thing may be due to initng. try emerging sysvinit and use the
> default linux init, as does kubuntu/ubuntu.
it was a test, I'm not using initng...
Thanks
maxxer
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