Scharf Yuval wrote:
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Kevin Hanson wrote:
Scharf Yuval wrote:
Hello,
In a computer with a disk capable of DMA.
hdparm -i /dev/hda returns:
/dev/hda:
Model=Maxtor 6E040L0, FwRev=NAR61590, SerialNo=E13CFB3E
Config={ Fixed }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
CurCHS=17475/15/63, CurSects=16513875, LBA=yes, LBAsects=80293248
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,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 udma6
AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: (null):
* signifies the current active mode
but hdparm /dev/hda returns:
/dev/hda:
multcount = 0 (off)
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 0 (off)
keepsettings =0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 256 (on)
geometry = 65535/16/63, sectors = 80293248, start = 0
When I try turning the DMA on using hdparm -d1 /dev/hda I get:
/dev/hda:
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
using_dma = 0 (off)
I'm using Linux 2.6 and as much as I can see all the DMA options in the
kernel are turned on. Can someone tell me what is the problem?
Thanks,
Yuval Scharf
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You probably didn't compile in the pci bus master dma support for the
chipset your motherboard has into the kernel.If you just use generic
pci bus-master dma support you usually get this problem.
For example, I have an nforce2 chipset, so I compile in "AMD and NVIDIA
IDE Support".Check for you chipset under the generic DMA bus-master
support tree.
Cheers,
Kevin
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Thanks kevin, it worked.
But I still have two problems.
my /etc/conf.d/hdparm file includes the line:
all_args="-d1"
After rebooting my machine dmesg showed the following lines:
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hda: DMA disabled
hdb had the DMA on and hda had DMA off but I had no problem turning it on
manually.
Do I have a problem in hdb? what should I do about it?
Why didn't hda start with DMA automatically?
Thanks,
Yuval Scharf
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I don't think I'm going to be able to help you on that one. What drives
do you have? What is hda? What is hdb? Are they older drives?
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