Re: Defective Red Hat Distribution poorly represents Linux

2000-11-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
Can everyone lay off this guy, he made a mistake and the heat is not cool. This is no way for the general masses to get a taste of Linux, cool? Please jsut let it die or offline the chap. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development

ATA and Stroke Patch up

2000-11-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
pub/../ide-2.2.17/ide.2.2.17.all.20001120.patch pub/../ide-2.2.18/ide.2.2.18-22.all.20001120.patch pub/../ide.2.4.0-t11/ide.2.4.0-t11.1120.patch If you do not set CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE it will warn you how much it is keeping that you can not use. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research

Re: 2.4.0, test10, test11: HPT366 problem

2000-11-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
n > > > --- > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > --- > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a mes

BASTARDIZED FAKE RAID EXPLAINED!!!! STOP ASKING!!!!

2000-11-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
come to life and nobody likes me when that happens. Regards, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE (ranting piss-off over raid shit) guy! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: 2.4.0, test10, test11: HPT366 problem

2000-11-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
tomatically, but it is a transfer rate issue than it must be hard coded to force an upper threshold limit. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in th

Re: 2.4.0, test10, test11: HPT366 problem

2000-11-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
"WDC AC310200R", > NULL > }; > > -- > dwmw2 > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > And

Re: 2.4.0, test10, test11: HPT366 problem

2000-11-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > No, if it doesn not hang and we get iCRC errors it will down grade > > automatically, but it is a transfer rate issue than it must be hard coded > > to force an upper thr

Re: [uPATCH] fix IDE/ServerWorks OSB4 config option (test11)

2000-11-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
hipset support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 >$CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI $CONFIG_X86 > dep_bool 'SLC90E66 chipset support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 >$CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI $CONFIG_X86 > dep_bool 'Tekram TRM290 chipset support (EXPERIMENTAL)' >CONFIG_BLK_

Re: Announce: modutils 2.3.21 is available

2000-11-22 Thread Andre Hedrick
locally and a generic form that does not have flavor or spin is what maintainers release. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a mes

Removable Drive Bays, What am I using.

2000-11-22 Thread Andre Hedrick
schedules. InClose can not handle the direct shipping, but we are looking to find one of their distributors to give Linux users an advantage. All questions can be directed to "InClose Drive Bays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and will be forward to the folks inhouse. Regard, Andre Hedric

Re: ext2 filesystem corruptions back from dead? 2.4.0-test11

2000-11-23 Thread Andre Hedrick
nel changes to the driver that effect the code since 2.4.0-test5 or test6 and it now randomly shows up after five or six revisions out from the change, and the changes were chipset only. Please make your point. Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line &qu

Re: ext2 filesystem corruptions back from dead? 2.4.0-test11

2000-11-23 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Alexander Viro wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > What the F*** does that have to do with the price of eggs in china, heh? > > Just maybe if you could follow a thread, you would see that that Alex Viro > > has poin

Re: ext2 filesystem corruptions back from dead? 2.4.0-test11

2000-11-23 Thread Andre Hedrick
option, for some outstanding patches for 2.5, that would allow for user-space pattern pushing through the driver that gets properly inserted in to the list/buffer-head to make it pass through the block layer. This kind of testing will allow for nibble level tracing through everything, I hope.

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-24 Thread Andre Hedrick
h a > RAM disk image anyways? > > Thanks, > --James Lamanna > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick CTO Timpano

Re: ext2 filesystem corruptions back from dead? 2.4.0-test11

2000-11-24 Thread Andre Hedrick
ually tried it recently). This is the kind of data point that is needed. A possible storage class independent problem. More important, what was the first kernel you began to notice this problem. Next, I need you to enable the DMA engine in ATA to verify that is happening on both classes. Cheers,

PIIX4 BX Errata for DMA errors.

2000-11-24 Thread Andre Hedrick
Anyone having DMA errors that are dmaproc: error 14, there is not a clean workaround yet. Also the Intel erratas state that only a bus reset will clear the hang, but the details are loose. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
the module, go try it. I promise you that it will never boot if you build it in the kernel. Also the terms of acceptance of the module also means you can not built it inter the kernel. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To un

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
Oh remember, I DEFINED the terms that the module could be created! Go and examine the wrapper and it is portions of the pdc202xx.c code that is mine. With that in mind, in order to use that GPL code, the restrictions and terms imposed were module exclusive. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO

Re: [PATCH] removal of "static foo = 0"

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
I have not read setup.S." Are you positive for modules too... Regardless of the fact you have displayed, some of us prefer to clobber it to insure that it stays zero until access. Last thing you want is an unstatic static when we go to spin a disk for data. Just how warm and fuzzy do y

Re: [PATCH] removal of "static foo = 0"

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Keith Owens wrote: > >Are you positive for modules too... > > Yes. I know this, I am being punchy. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "

Re: difference between kernel and bios report on drive status

2000-11-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
RAM is always fully utilized (except if no swap), > UDMA33? And how come the 2nd is faster than the first one. > > I hope this is not a kernel bug. > > Fei > Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this lis

Re: PROBLEM: (U)DMA, dma_intr status=0x51, error=0x84

2000-11-26 Thread Andre Hedrick
safely support that transfer rate. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: ATA-4, ATA-5 TCQ status

2000-11-26 Thread Andre Hedrick
. I am working to get IBM to change the method of doing this to make it sane, but its not now. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

The Register (fwd)

2000-11-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
Linux was a member and would have to conform to the initial SPEC that we had input on and they did not! The next punch will be to deliver adapter support before them! Also any other things that are turning quietly in the land of ATA. Cheers All, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development Title: The

Re: IDE-driver not generalized enough ?

2000-11-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
> > Regards, > Bjorn > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Li

Re: test-10 tulip "eth0 timed out" (smp, heavy IDE use)

2000-11-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Patch: 2.4.0-test11ac4 version of pci and isapnp device ID'spatch

2000-11-28 Thread Andre Hedrick
that it omits the files that have gained the > same ID tables in Alan's ac4 release). The patch is FTPable from: > > >ftp://ftp.yggdrasil.com/pub/dist/device_control/kernel/pci_id_tables-2.4.0-test11-ac4.patch4.gz > Hey Alan, are we now sorting sub-id's? Andre Hedri

Re: IDE-SCSI/HPT366 Problem

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
! > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: IDE-SCSI/HPT366 Problem

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
risk buffer underruns. > A lockup however is not to be expected :-( It is completely expected bacause of teh active timing changes done on this chipset design. The timings are for ATA DMA and not ATAPI. You should expect a 100% hardlock on mistimed IO access. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
ead the causes about "COMMERIAL INTENT", somewhere around section 7 paragraph 3. I have defined the terms that are acceptable to a binary module that incorporates GPL code of MINE! This I DEFINE THE TERMS, and they are module only! Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
er update or publish the updates, and YOU have not legal authority to force me to send you SHIT! Does that make it real clear or not? Later, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL

Re: Fasttrak100 questions...

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
S WILL ROYALLY SCREW EVERYBODY! HAHAHAHA. Now do not go dorking things that I am trying to make make public. This is really pissing me off! Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTEC

Fasttrak Final Point....

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
. Regards, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: IDE-SCSI/HPT366 Problem

2000-11-29 Thread Andre Hedrick
under PIO mode and not do DMAing then it will work. Also it goes for any device that does ATAPI DMA and not ATA DMA. There is a difference! Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubsc

Re: 2.4.0-test11 ext2 fs corruption

2000-11-28 Thread Andre Hedrick
er we are talking FSC and ATA so what are the details? And where are we poking into the driver. Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: IDE_TAPE problem wiht ONSTREAM DI30

2000-12-03 Thread Andre Hedrick
ose': ide-tape.c:1413: parse error before `case' > ide-tape.c:1424: warning: function returns address of local variable make[2]: > *** [ide-tape.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory > `/src/2.4-test11/drivers/ide' make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_ide] Error 2 make[1]: > Leaving

Re: Re[2]: DMA !NOT ONLY! for triton again...

2000-12-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
;t (or shouldn't) >make a difference... Then WHAT ON THE EARTH??? Mike, have you been able to recall >what BIOS option turned DMA on? Shall I write to Andre Hedrick directly? Or is there >a mailing-list smth. like linux-ide? > > > Now, the question is, can we trust a hard

Re: 2.2.17 + ide patches + 61gb ibm disc = problem

2000-12-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
they are the only > drives on the ports. Shouldn't you be setting the jumpers on both drives > into the Single Drive (default) settings? I always thought the Master and > Slave positions are to be used only when connecting two drives on one port. > > hda and hdc should be th

Re: Problems with PDC202xx driver

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
IOPorts > for this chipset. This seems like a really bad thing, considering > that I can gain no access to the drives currently using this driver. > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > --James Lamanna > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel&

Re: DMA !NOT ONLY! for triton again...

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > > Re: PCI clock... Something somewhere (can't find now) made me think that > > my MB is setting the PCI clock synchronously with the CPU clock, i.e. it > > is 25MHz in my case... Any ideas where I could see it?:-) > > I found it - it's in ide.tx

Re: Trashing ext2 with hdparm

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
s well be a bug in hdparm, > so someone else might also want to check... > > -Udo. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >

Re: system hang and corrupt ext2 filesystem with test12-pre5

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
nd the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line &

Re: system hang and corrupt ext2 filesystem with test12-pre5

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
t 2.4 kernels had, have been fixed in the latest > versions. > > What drive are you using? AFAIR, Andre Hedrick once said certain Maxtor > drives aren't quite safe with DMA. WHOA That was more than 3 years ago but that is not to day. I have been working with them internally to

Re: Trashing ext2 with hdparm

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
Did you set and mount a "/var/shm" point? On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Udo A. Steinberg wrote: > Hi, > > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > No way that this could cause corruption it is a read-only test. > > As others pointed out, it's probably something relat

Re: Problems with PDC202xx driver

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
a/ATA controller. There are two different BIOS cores for each design. Linux cleanly supports the BIOS cores know as "Ultra" and not the ones know as "Fasttrak". Because there are different PCI config space setups for each core then we have a problem unless we go and poke around for s

Re: Problems with PDC202xx driver

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
e point (I hope..) > So I guess I'm stuck with loading their proprietary module whenever I want > to use the drive Yep, until they realize that their simple IP is nothing, and want to export the raid calls to the Linux Raid Engine, you are "stuck". > But thanks for the

RASTER driver for Xerox Printers

2000-12-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
Who has one or knows how to kick one to life? Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read

Re: New CD-R high capacity drive specs are coming. (fwd)

2000-12-07 Thread Andre Hedrick
attemp CDRW then it will die. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, M Sweger wrote: > > Hi, > >See the article below. > > I just read that the specs are out for three different types of CD-R &g

FS Corruption Again, with known cause, and solution...

2000-12-08 Thread Andre Hedrick
y do not even like to show how fugly it is! Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Big IDE HD unclipping and IBM drive

2000-12-08 Thread Andre Hedrick
t; and not the true size, and even trying to set the correct size with > WIN_SET_MAX fails. Is there a way to use this combination (Bios, HD, > Linux)? Yep you have to use code/patches that are not in the standard kernel. Which kernel are you using? Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Gr

Re: HPT366 + SMP = slight corruption in 2.3.99 - 2.4.0-11

2000-12-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
This has the missing ide-pci code from 2.2. It stablized my BP6 on the HPT core. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development diff -urN linux-2.4.0-t12-7-pristine/drivers/ide/cs5530.c linux-2.4.0-t12-7/drivers/ide/cs5530.c --- linux

Re: Linux 2.2.18 almost...

2000-12-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
the patch against the files are identical. /linux/arch/i386/Makefile arch/i386/vmlinux.lds: arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S FORCE $(CPP) -C -P -I$(HPATH) -imacros $(HPATH)/asm-i386/page_offset.h -Ui386 arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S >arch/i386/vmlinux.lds All it is is a leftover file Cheers

Re: [Fwd: NTFS repair tools]

2000-12-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
eaning, but that is what it orginally was defined by me. This is UNIX, and to quote one of HPA's signatures, "unix gives you enough rope to hang yourself" My personal favorite: You are going to shoot yourself in the head, aim carefully! How well you aim determines i

Re: HPT366 + SMP = slight corruption in 2.3.99 - 2.4.0-11

2000-12-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
e latest out there...test12-pre7. Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: HPT366 + SMP = slight corruption in 2.3.99 - 2.4.0-11

2000-12-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
. test12-pre8 and 2.2.18 is out and I do not chase BIOS revs in general. I work off the originals HPT366 1.07 this is because the lowest comman variable must be addressed and hope that the new stuff will not fail the backwards compatablity issue. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Gro

Re: [patch] I-Opener fix (again)

2000-12-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
uple of kernel releases) since I mentioned this > before and it doesn't look like it's made it in, and I haven't seen any more > comments on it in the list archives, so I'm bringing it up again in case it > just got forgotten about somewhere along the line.. > > As I

Re: IDE bugs for intel 440LX chipset in Test12?

2000-12-16 Thread Andre Hedrick
scribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-

Re: Linux 2.2.19pre1

2000-12-16 Thread Andre Hedrick
For the Nth time I have been asked so I will has you the Nth++ time. Patch or wait.. Nobody is to comment against this thread, this is an Alan & Andre issue. Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe

SerialATA Release, sortof........

2000-12-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
Word. This just for those that care...please do not ask me for my copy as I am a member of this working group and bound under the NDA. Regards, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubsc

Re: SerialATA Release, sortof........

2000-12-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, David Weinehall wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 01:27:07PM -0800, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > FYI > > > > The Serial ATA specification (500 pages) is now available to the public > > under certain "click-to-accept" conditions.

Blow Torch (Re: lockups from heavy IDE/CD-ROM usage)

2000-12-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
l PIIX4-AB/EB, PIIX3, and PIIX a/b. It is the DAMN hardware and quit BITCHING. I told everyone once that I was working on this issue. If you think you can fix it before me, be my guest. I have given you the INTEL doc numbers and the page and the section. Go read. Regards Andre Hedrick Linux ATA

Re: The NSA's Security-Enhanced Linux (fwd)

2000-12-22 Thread Andre Hedrick
ight purpose). Director is just under "The Office Inspector General of NSA". Basically a division head that reports only to the OIG. Trust that I know what I am talking about. ;-) Cheers, Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To

Re: Microsoft Withdraws Linux NTFS Threats

2000-10-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
just hope everyone at Mircosoft is still there. I would feel really bad if an aquiantence of my there had reprocussions. We would need to find a way to help them out, if they took it on the chin for us. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line &

Re: Microsoft Withdraws Linux NTFS Threats

2000-10-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
rm an aquaintance at Microsoft of the potential problem that they could see. Only because I respect that person (at MS) did I even consider discussing the issue. If they want to take a jesture of kindness and twist it to imply I am blackmailing them, Bill's view of the world is very sini

Re: hdparm -d 1 fail test9-pre8

2000-10-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
5/63, UDMA(33) > hdc: ATAPI 32X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, DMA > > please cc [EMAIL PROTECTED], as [EMAIL PROTECTED] is nothing but a > mail black-hole. (provider must be trying to trim his customer base:) > > -Mike > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line &q

Re: PATCH 2.4.0.9.8: Fix IDE...

2000-10-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
if (d->init_chipset) > + pciirq = d->init_chipset(dev, d->name); > + else > + printk(KERN_INFO "%s standard IDE storage device >detected\n", d->name); > + } else > +

Re: hdparm -d 1 fail test9-pre8

2000-10-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
"diff -u " of dmesg, output, with, and without the > change below? > > Jeff > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http:

Please explain the change..

2000-10-03 Thread Andre Hedrick
Jeff, What is the significance of the changes in ide-pci.c? What vender does something different that requires this change? Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL

Re: Incomplete Adaptec 29160 support!?

2000-10-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
lcome any > pointers to a driver with Ultra160 Adaptec support. > > Dave Madsen ---dcm > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www

Re: IDE problems 2.4.0-t9p8 and later

2000-10-04 Thread Andre Hedrick
g the last days which > appeared to be misunderstood as broken changes wrt PCI_CLASS_STORAGE_IDE > (the leading 0x0101 in dev->class). The crucial point however is the > "|5" on the trailing byte. > So, may I ask if there was some good reason for this change? > What hav

Re: New topic (PowerPC Linux PCI HELL)

2000-09-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
s is precisely the kind of compat stuff which should be fixed up in > the arch-specific PCI support code. Martin, cross-platform party on PCI stuff Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a me

Re: IDE problems 2.4.0-t9p8 and later

2000-10-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
better solution for the possible exception that he needs with be worked out. Some time later today I will publish a patch and post it on kerne.org Also I will get in touch with LT about me placing the patch in testing. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this

Re: good book on kernel

2000-10-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
follow the code completely. > tx, > rajesh balan If there was such a book, it would be an e-book. Because development is faster than a printing press. Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a me

Re: failure to burn CDs under 2.4.0-test9

2000-10-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
x DVD-RAM is looking like it will be showcased at Comdex in the DVD-RAM Pavilion. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: failure to burn CDs under 2.4.0-test9

2000-10-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
4 dev=0,0,0 -eject -data cd_image ISO9660_PATH=/home/iso9660 # cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -eject -data $ISO9660_PATH/cd_image This is my script series for a 4X burn Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel"

Re: Integrating Andre IDE patch into 2.2.18/19 kernel

2000-10-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Hot swap IDE

2000-10-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
our time... and a GREAT OS > > Mitchell Hicks > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [preview] VIA v3.6 and AMD v1.2 IDE drivers

2000-10-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
ave fun. > > Of course, I'm interested in all success/failure stories. > > Thanks. > > -- > Vojtech Pavlik > SuSE Labs > Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the b

Re: Bug in "ide-pci.c"

2000-10-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
bove there is no guarantee that the first condition >will be executed > before the second. As progif is set to 0 before this block of code, the second test >will always > be true if it is executed prior to the first. if () are serial in test. > > > Andre Hedrick The Linu

Re: Bug in "ide-pci.c"

2000-10-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
st and how these get optimized then you point is noted. Since I was an astronomer and +/- one AU (93,000,000 miles) is critical, feel free to check the rules for order. Then you can call my bluff. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy FYI, I have a new baby-girl and thus the diaper-

Re: No SCSI burning problem (was: Bug in "ide-pci.c")

2000-10-07 Thread Andre Hedrick
ow it down? Is it random data getting written, or > data from other locations? If it is ide-scsi then it is device select bug that is know but never made it in the kernel. I have the fix. Plextor is one on the list that fails without it. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubs

Re: No SCSI burning problem (was: Bug in "ide-pci.c")

2000-10-07 Thread Andre Hedrick
set_bit (PC_DMA_IN_PROGRESS, &pc->flags); It is a macro issue and ordering task-registers. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Quantum lct08 & Ultra66 on GigaByte GA-BX2000+

2000-10-07 Thread Andre Hedrick
find > in my previous messages which (I hope) have been stored in archive > > Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: No SCSI burning problem (was: Bug in "ide-pci.c")

2000-10-07 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > append "hdd=ide-scsi" append "hdd=scsi" is better. Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please r

Re: Newer motherboards / CPU's / hardware with Linux

2000-10-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
/platter with 15K RPM drives will we see even disk IO approach 100mB/s. I just wish people could understand that these are max-transfer rates and that drives do not exist that can run kind of IO in a sustained rate. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list:

Re: Newer motherboards / CPU's / hardware with Linux

2000-10-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
iver imposed. This will be needed with the new SerialATA stuff, due to the single ended nature of the beasties. I can only guess that IO will approach orders of magnitude faster than what is known today. I can say no more than that it will be fast. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy -

Re: Newer motherboards / CPU's / hardware with Linux

2000-10-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
ds here. Thats is a whole > different universe. . Recall that I told you that there is a physical limit of getting stuff off the drives. The platter density is to low and the rpm's are to slow to get there yet. Remember it took second genration ATA66 drives to fill the ATA33 bandwidth. Cheer

Re: dvd mounting troubles

2000-10-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
UDF issue and not DVD-ATAPI. Since my two DVD-ROM and DVD-RAM ATAPI now work fine. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

MAX iso9660 size?

2000-10-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
Is there a limit? I keep getting barfs on an iso9960 image 4,592,353,280 of this size. Basically I am burning DVD's at 4.7GB tests before patching the kernel before 2.4 for expanded DVD support. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Re: MAX iso9660 size?

2000-10-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
panded DVD support. > > You should be burning these disks UDF formatted But the original DVD was an iso9660 image, also where are tools for doing UDF? Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a me

Re: MAX iso9660 size?

2000-10-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
panded DVD support. > > You should be burning these disks UDF formatted This is DVD-RAM and I can dd' raw from dvdrom to dvdram with silly things like 'dd ibs=512 obs=2048 keyword=notrunc if=/dev/hdf of=/dev/hde' But my md5sums do not match but it is a valid bootable dvd-ra

Re: dvd mounting troubles

2000-10-09 Thread Andre Hedrick
essful mount (followed by a successful): > > Oct 9 14:09:38 sasami kernel: VFS: Disk change detected on device ide0(3,64) > Oct 9 14:09:40 sasami kernel: UDF-fs: No partition found (1) If I do this under ext2 it works like a charm. I can write just like a disk to my dvd-ram atapi. I woul

Re: Incorrect UDMA timing on VIA vt82c596b

2000-10-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
lls its 80-wire cable detection > mechanism. If you ignore byte93, which is where the IBM drive tells the > system what it thinks about the cable, the system will enable UDMA66. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: Incorrect UDMA timing on VIA vt82c596b

2000-10-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 12:43:33AM -0700, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > Also I need to adjust the rules for "ignore byte93" because the the > > various methods that are being supported. > > Yes, it would be nice if we

Re: 2.4.0test-9: IDE problems

2000-10-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy diff -urN linux-2.4.0-t10-1-pristine/drivers/ide/ide-features.c linux-2.4.0-t10-1.smsc/drivers/ide/ide-features.c --- linux-2.4.0-t10-1-pristine/drivers/ide/ide-features.c Thu Aug 3 16:07:42 2000 +++ linux-2.4.0-t10-1.smsc/drivers/ide/ide-features.c

Re: 2.4.0test-9: IDE problems

2000-10-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
Also set this option "CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB" because you are in the transistion period of drive manufacturing. On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Chris Evans wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > Basically you have drive that caught in the word93 rules change. &g

Re: 2.4.0test-9: IDE problems

2000-10-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
Send me the follow files out of proc please. /proc/ide/hdx/identify (x == a,b,c,d) /proc/ide/piix /proc/ide/ide0/config files Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL

Re: 2.4.0test-9: IDE problems

2000-10-10 Thread Andre Hedrick
t > #%patch151 -p1 > ... Should I send RedHat an unpatch for 2.4? Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

2000-10-11 Thread Andre Hedrick
Bob, it does help if you send the output ... my ESP is down today. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: FW: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

2000-10-11 Thread Andre Hedrick
Trace: [] [] [] [] [] [] [] Oct 11 12:20:07 sis620 kernel:[] [] Oct 11 12:20:07 sis620 kernel: Code: 8b 40 0c 83 f8 10 0f 87 e7 00 00 00 ff 24 85 5c e4 23 c0 8b This is the kind of stuff that needs to be sent and a kysnoops if possible. Cheers, Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy - To

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