Package: kernel
Version: 2.6.18-3-486
Severity: serious
Tags: patch Etch
The driver for ati sb600 IDE controller has bugs.
It doesn't set the PATA in proper DMA mode.
When use 40-pin cable for PATA disk, sometimes, bad CRC makes the system
fail to boot with kernel panic. The kernel will report:
...
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
ide0: reset: success
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
ide0: reset: success
....
Here is the patch to fix it:
--- drivers/ide/pci/atiixp.c.orig 2007-02-15 13:12:43.000000000
+0800
+++ drivers/ide/pci/atiixp.c 2007-02-15 13:12:43.000000000 +0800
@@ -289,8 +289,11 @@
static void __devinit init_hwif_atiixp(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
{
+ u8 udma_mode = 0;
+ u8 ch = hwif->channel;
+ struct pci_dev *pdev = hwif->pci_dev;
if (!hwif->irq)
- hwif->irq = hwif->channel ? 15 : 14;
+ hwif->irq = ch ? 15 : 14;
hwif->autodma = 0;
hwif->tuneproc = &atiixp_tuneproc;
@@ -306,8 +309,11 @@
hwif->mwdma_mask = 0x06;
hwif->swdma_mask = 0x04;
- /* FIXME: proper cable detection needed */
- hwif->udma_four = 1;
+ pci_read_config_byte(pdev, ATIIXP_IDE_UDMA_MODE + ch,
&udma_mode);
+ if ((udma_mode & 0x07) >= 0x04 || (udma_mode & 0x70) >= 0x40)
+ hwif->udma_four = 1;
+ else
+ hwif->udma_four = 0;
hwif->ide_dma_host_on = &atiixp_ide_dma_host_on;
hwif->ide_dma_host_off = &atiixp_ide_dma_host_off;
hwif->ide_dma_check = &atiixp_dma_check
PS: the patches also have been accepted by kernel.org.
Could you kindly add it to Etch before the final Etch release? Thanks!
Regards,
Wolke
