Re: [PATCH] PCI-Devices and ServerWorks chipset

2001-01-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
bvious, they they sell CPU's fpr $100's and sell chipsets at pennies. 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: [PATCH] PCI-Devices and ServerWorks chipset (fwd)

2001-01-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
is now the key now that Revolution is established. Regards, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:44:00 -0800 From: Kim To: Andre Hedrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Subject: RE: [PATCH] PCI-Devices and ServerWorks chipset (fwd) Andr

Re: Is sendfile all that sexy?

2001-01-19 Thread Andre Hedrick
.com > > > I do not know of _any_ disk controllers that let you map the controller > > buffers over PCI. Which means that with current hardware, you have to > > assume that the disk is the initiator of the PCI-PCI DMA requests. Agreed? Err, first-party DMA devices do this, I thi

Minors remaining in Major 10 ??

2001-01-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
and force the migration to find the desired major/minor is painful. 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: [preview] Latest AMD & VIA IDE drivers with UDMA100 support

2001-01-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
> > >> > > >> Just to be clear - I am NOT getting any errors when I switch back to > > >> the 2.2.17 kernel (debian standard) - with a 2.4.0 kernel they occur > > >> every few minutes when there is significant disk activity. > > > > >

Re: Minors remaining in Major 10 ??

2001-01-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > HPA, > > > > Thoughts on granting all block subsystems a general access misc-char minor > > to do special service access that can not be down to a given device if it > > is open

Re: Minors remaining in Major 10 ??

2001-01-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > > > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > > > > > HPA, > > > > > > > > Thoughts on granting all b

Re: Minors remaining in Major 10 ??

2001-01-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > > > No, I think I understood perfectly well. I said that if it's going to be > > > bound to each block device subsystem it would make more sense to > > > establish that tie explici

Re: Minors remaining in Major 10 ??

2001-01-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > Hi Peter, > > > > Regardless if we rip out the entire rule of majors for dev_t, will there > > be a service dummy driver to various block-devices? There is a real need > > for t

Re: [preview] Latest AMD & VIA IDE drivers with UDMA100 support

2001-01-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 01:42:41PM +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 02:57:07PM -0800, Andre Hedrick wrote

Re: VIA chipset discussion

2001-01-23 Thread Andre Hedrick
ou have now lost your interrupt parser in the driver :-( > hde:hde: irq timeout: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete } No one is to every override the driver on setting up the IO base. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "

Re: 2.4.1-test10

2001-01-23 Thread Andre Hedrick
big request you get slapped hard. The point may be that if we have some extra cycles spinning, why not use them to a painful task when it will not hurt as much? Just my nickel on the issue. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsub

Re: 2.4 disk speed 66% slowdown...

2001-01-23 Thread Andre Hedrick
15 motherboard, and the HDD is Ultra-ATA. ER, were you getting UDMA-100-66 out of 2.2.18 stock? Now what are you getting in 2.4.0? Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL P

Re: 2.4 disk speed 66% slowdown...

2001-01-23 Thread Andre Hedrick
UDMA mode (2) seems to be identical to before. Also, if your drive is caught in the question state of where the standard changes, the validity bits for determining the host/drive detection pair for the presense willl be fuzzy as is my explaination. > > > Andre Hedrick

Re: [OT?] Coding Style

2001-01-23 Thread Andre Hedrick
Apologies first... Would someone send me a way to filter mail? I REALLY DO NOT GIVE A RATS ARSE ABOUT THIS OT!! Like it or Leave it but whinning about it SUX! Regard, Cheif Whinner! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL

Re: [preview] Latest AMD & VIA IDE drivers with UDMA100 support

2001-01-24 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 02:57:07PM -0800, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > Vojtech, I worry that the dynamic timing that you are calculating could > > bite you. > > Well, I know this. But I fear hardcoded timings won't really hel

Re: [preview] Latest AMD & VIA IDE drivers with UDMA100 support

2001-01-24 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 10:04:50AM -0800, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > Well, I know this. But I fear hardcoded timings won't really help here, > > > unless everyone out there ran their chipsets at 33 MHz, in which case the

Re: when is overriding idebus safe?

2001-01-24 Thread Andre Hedrick
bus=XX primary use was for VLB/ISA/EISA systems, but I have been wrong before. Chers, 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: when is overriding idebus safe?

2001-01-24 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 Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Re: Linux 2.4.0ac11

2001-01-24 Thread Andre Hedrick
pile (Adam Richter) > > o M68K/PPC makefile fixes (Geert > > Uytterhoeven) > > o Work around a funny in the Solaris NFS client (Neil Brown) > > o Fix building of network modules (Peter > > Samuelson) &

Re: [preview] Latest AMD & VIA IDE drivers with UDMA100 support

2001-01-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
eah I'm pissed, but at the situation > not at the kernel or anyone involved with the VIA stuff. Please don't take > it that way.) > > David Downey > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a messag

SERVERWORKS (READ ME) please....

2001-01-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
LMKL, I have a meeting in the morning with their CTO. I want a core dump of every issue that needs to be address in Linux to put in his hand. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of

Re: hdd: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekCompleteError }

2001-01-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
borted next > [...] > hdd: ATAPI 12X CD-ROM drive, 240kB Cache, DMA > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 > > -Jacob > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: hdd: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekCompleteError }

2001-01-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Sat, Jan 27 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > I've been getting this during the boot sequence for quite some time now. > > > They don't seem to impact the functionality of the drive any though. Just > > > another extra-v

Re: kernel boot problems

2001-01-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
this helps. > > derek > - > 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 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/

SMP Athlon...(a quiet question)

2001-01-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
ER, they work but must compile as PII/Celeron :-( A bunch of memcpy header stuff fails to compile current is one of the left overs in some cases. I will dive deeper in monday, just wanting some feed back first. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list

Re: Poor SCSI drive performance on SMP machine, 2.2.16

2001-01-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
canoes in the winter. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, paradox3 wrote: > I have an SMP machine (dual PII 400s) running 2.2.16 with one 10,000 RPM IBM > 10 GB SCSI drive > (AIC 7890 on motherboard, using aic7xxx.o), and four various IDE drives. The > SCSI driv

Re: 2.4.1-pre8 losing pages

2001-01-28 Thread Andre Hedrick
like it's the bulk write that's the problem. Peter, did the scratch-test series pass or fail? Did it report any bit failures on the check? Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EM

Re: PDC20265, disk corruption and NMI watchdog...

2001-01-28 Thread Andre Hedrick
00 promise? > Should I rejumper my removable HDD to be master, and not slave? > Thanks, > Petr Vandrovec > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - > To unsubscribe

Re: IBM encryption chip support?

2001-01-30 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Miles Lane wrote: > Will this chip need any kernel support or > will it just need to be supported in usermode? > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2680013,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest It looks like CPRM on the mainboard. Andre Hedri

Re: [PATCH] No VIA IDE DMA unless configured

2001-01-30 Thread Andre Hedrick
G_IDEDMA_AUTO > in the code below? No 'CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO' is a global config option across all platforms. 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: VIA VT82C686X

2001-01-30 Thread Andre Hedrick
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 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: VIA VT82C686X

2001-01-30 Thread Andre Hedrick
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 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: Problems with Promise IDE controller under 2.4.1

2001-01-31 Thread Andre Hedrick
255/63, sectors = 150136560, start = 0 > > [root@nngds1 /root]# hdparm /dev/hde > > /dev/hde: > multcount= 0 (off) > I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit) > unmaskirq= 0 (off) > using_dma = 1 (on) > keepsettings = 0 (off) > nowerr = 0 (off)

Re: Problems with Promise IDE controller under 2.4.1

2001-01-31 Thread Andre Hedrick
uff the same. Cheers, > Andries > > > [Don't forget: (i) geometry does not exist (ii) hdparm is just > some user program.] > 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: Problems with Promise IDE controller under 2.4.1

2001-01-31 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Paul Flinders wrote: > Talking of the Promise are there any plans to support re-enabling > of the 2nd channel for boards which have an on-board FastTrak? FastTrak == Ultra - Fake-RAID Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list

Re: Problems with Promise IDE controller under 2.4.1

2001-01-31 Thread Andre Hedrick
On 31 Jan 2001, Rupa Schomaker wrote: > Andre Hedrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > But there is no indication of what the problems could be, > > > or what he thinks the geometry should be (and why). > > > I see nothing very wrong in

Re: Problems with Promise IDE controller under 2.4.1

2001-01-31 Thread Andre Hedrick
t linux has a policy of not policies. Maybe a compile option could help... 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: Problems with Promise IDE controller under 2.4.1

2001-01-31 Thread Andre Hedrick
Okay.. On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Dan Hollis wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Mark Lord wrote: > > > Even better would be to add a stage in front of the fall-back, > > > which queries the BIOS (from kernel startup code) for tr

Re: 2.4.x and SMP fails to compile (`current' undefined)

2001-02-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
t; Regards, > Tom > > -- > The Daemons lurk and are dumb. -- Emerson > - > 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 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: Problems with Promise IDE controller under 2.4.1

2001-02-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
rives (RAID1 is easier for the human > to deal with). It doesn't but I got out of the geometry business two+ years ago... Andries (Mr. FDisk) Brouwer is the man.. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel"

Re: Hotswap ATA status ?

2001-05-07 Thread Andre Hedrick
huge page for the glue, I will post one. The service utility is not ready yet so it is no good without one. Regards, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development PS I left a dump here and there.but that was going to be WTMI - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: HPT370 raid hack

2001-05-08 Thread Andre Hedrick
> get a mininum of documentation. > > Andre Hedric, Ajran van de Ven, ...: > I am sorry that I did not had much time lately to get some information > of the > raid layout written together. But I did not forget you guys... > > regard, > Wilfried > Andre Hedrick

Re: weird /proc/ide/hdx/settings

2001-02-24 Thread Andre Hedrick
udma5 > > IDE interface is VIA xxx686b ( ATA-100 ) > IDE driver is VIA IDE v4.3 > > -- > David Balazic > -- > "Be excellent to each other." - Bill & Ted > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the li

Re: partition table: chs question

2001-02-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > And

Re: IDE floppy drives and devfs - no device nodes if no disk loaded atboot

2001-02-25 Thread Andre Hedrick
bscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http:

Re: partition table: chs question

2001-02-26 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 05:59:33PM -0800, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > > > It does not matter because the usage of CHS will dies soon because it was > > voted to death in Austin last week. There will only be LBA add

Re: ide / usb problem

2001-02-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
bles. > > Actually the ATA/66 and ATA/100 cables are specified to be exactly 18", > not longer, not shorter. Not exactly the case, but I do not want to cause more headaches by showing the method of variation that will work in many cases. Thus 45cm or 18" will do.. Cheers, A

Re: 2.2.18 IDE tape problem, with ide-scsi

2001-02-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Mike Dresser wrote: > When you go to 2.4.x, you'll likely run into the problem of your HP 14Gb not able to >restore anymore. Same as if you apply the > linux-ide patches to 2.2.x Because the HP 14Gb is not a standard QIC device. Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Develo

Re: 2.2.18 IDE tape problem, with ide-scsi

2001-02-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel Develop

Re: 2.2.18 IDE tape problem, with ide-scsi

2001-02-27 Thread Andre Hedrick
Hi Khalid, So, is HP going to allow linux to publsih "Tape Alert" as a means to assist with error checking and testing in general? Also why did HP take the 14GB/20GB models and move off the standard QIC or TR-4 IO-Firmware? Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel D

Re: How to set hdparms for ide-scsi devices on devfs?

2001-03-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
procfs echo unmaskirq:1 /proc/ide/hdx/settings Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel Development - ASL, Inc. Toll free: 1-877-ASL-3535 1757 Houret Court

Re: DMA on a AMD7409 controller with kernel 2.4.2

2001-03-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
af > > > -- > Hi, I'm a signature virus. plz set me as your signature and help me > spread :) > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majord

Re: smartmedia adapter support??

2001-03-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
t the point. 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] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: smartmedia adapter support??

2001-03-01 Thread Andre Hedrick
quot;unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: sen

Re: scsi vs ide performance on fsync's

2001-03-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
> - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml

Re: DMA on a AMD7409 controller with kernel 2.4.2

2001-03-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Thomas Dodd wrote: > > > using_dma= 0 (off) DMA is off and I bet you did not enable the new AUTODMA config setting. Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel Development -

Re: How to set hdparms for ide-scsi devices on devfs?

2001-03-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
nel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel Development - ASL, Inc. Toll free: 1-877-ASL-3535 1757

Re: CPRM is dead; Thanks Andre!

2001-03-02 Thread Andre Hedrick
ity risk now because of the rogue-java that does exist but is not released. Please do not start another war, I do not have the time or desire to fight this one again...the policy of noe policies is not true, because we have a policy to disable the PII/PIII serial-number access. Regards, Andre Hedri

Re: [temp t13] Re: FW: Open Letter to NCITS T13 on Access Controls

2001-03-03 Thread Andre Hedrick
included the linux-kernel-mail-list. Just so my world will know and help protect me and Linux from the CPRM world. Respectfully, 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] M

URGENT HEADS-UP ON CPRM

2001-03-03 Thread Andre Hedrick
I have forwarded my response to the CPRM people about their lawlessness. Please do not reply to the T13 Reflector. 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 PROTE

Re: [temp t13] Re: FW: Open Letter to NCITS T13 on Access Control s

2001-03-03 Thread Andre Hedrick
ugh the roof as a form of financial protest to the rest. We can go offline with the legal issues, and the nice thing about that is as a person you are trustworth and honest. Respectfully, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linu

Re: scsi vs ide performance on fsync's

2001-03-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
o turn off write caching, renabling " Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel Development - ASL, Inc. Toll free: 1-877-ASL-3535 1757 Houret Court

Re: scsi vs ide performance on fsync's

2001-03-05 Thread Andre Hedrick
ight than caching on my hands... > I don't know if there is any way to turn of a write buffer on an IDE disk. You want a forced set of commands to kill caching at init? Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel

Re: scsi vs ide performance on fsync's

2001-03-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
. Admittedly, any > sane OS doesn't actually use that kind of write pattern on shutdown, but > the drive can't assume that. Err, last time I check all good devices flush their write caching on their own to take advantage of having a maximum cache for prefetching. Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Developme

Microsoft ZERO Sector Virus, Result of Taskfile WAR

2001-03-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
e recally the limited effects of "DiskDestroyer" and "SCSIkiller" This is why we had the flaming discussion about command filters. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a

Re: Microsoft ZERO Sector Virus, Result of Taskfile WAR

2001-03-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Mike Dresser wrote: > Sorry Andre, but this one's a hoax. > > http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/html/Virtual.Card.for.you.html Well I am happy it is a hoax, because Alan pressed into my forhead that this old-war would come back to haunt me. Cheers, Andr

Re: Microsoft ZERO Sector Virus, Result of Taskfile WAR

2001-03-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
lock-up. Everyone can do this, and that is fine. I will not stop the drive-command ioctl from issuing a drive-data command, you win! Regards, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [E

Re: Microsoft ZERO Sector Virus, Result of Taskfile WAR

2001-03-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
t;write data" is an "unknown command", > HTF am I supposed to store data on my HDD? :P One-liner: It is stupid to issue a data-command using a non-data-handler. Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel&qu

Re: Microsoft ZERO Sector Virus, Result of Taskfile WAR

2001-03-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
> So EOD from me. ditto... 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] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http:

Re: Linux 2.4.2-ac12

2001-03-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
I now know not to submit the VIA ide driver to Linus until > further investigation is completed. Now you know why I pawned it off the VIA-core to Vojtech ;-) It is a mess! Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel&quo

Re: [PATCH] 2.2.18 IDE tape problem, with ide-scsi

2001-03-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
gt; Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "We have no fuel on board, plus or minus 8 kilograms." -- NEAR tech > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the

Re: scsi vs ide performance on fsync's

2001-03-06 Thread Andre Hedrick
. I have no desire to debate the merits, but when your onboard host for ATA starts shipping with GigaBit-Copper speeds then we can have a pissing contest. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel Development - AS

Re: Microsoft ZERO Sector Virus, Result of Taskfile WAR

2001-03-07 Thread Andre Hedrick
t; > But you ain't supposed to be able to get at that area... > > Harvey > > On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, J. Dow wrote: > > > From: "Jens Axboe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Andre Hedrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "Alan Co

Re: Microsoft ZERO Sector Virus, Result of Taskfile WAR

2001-03-07 Thread Andre Hedrick
Then run this and see if you live. On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Craig Ruff wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 12:32:08PM -0800, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > The SCSI low-level format glue performed by the HOST gets destroyed > > If you write to LBA Zero. > > This is simply not true. I

Re: Microsoft ZERO Sector Virus, Result of Taskfile WAR

2001-03-07 Thread Andre Hedrick
6PM -0800, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > Then run this and see if you live. > > Well, I ran it, the disk lives. The typescript is appended below. > Interestingly, scsikiller didn't cream the partition table like I > expected. However the dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc certainl

Re: 2.4.2 ext2 filesystem corruption ? (was 2.4.2: What happened?(No

2001-03-08 Thread Andre Hedrick
[22 new messages! Most recent from God] You know how much this bothers me to turn around and see these in my mailbox? I am not ready to answer for all of the things past/present/future, so please change your name because you are not "god"! Andre Hedrick Linux ATA D

Re: Ide Hot-swaping?

2001-03-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
om this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hed

Re: How can I get promise FastTrak 66 work in kernel?

2001-03-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel Development -

Re: How can I get promise FastTrak 66 work in kernel?

2001-03-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
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Re: scsi vs ide performance on fsync's

2001-03-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
to put is plain and simple. It really requires a special host and only the HPT366 series works. It is similar but not clear as to the nature. We are debating the usage of it now in T13. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: Linux 2.4.2ac12 (vt82c686 info)

2001-03-12 Thread Andre Hedrick
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new generic content schemes popping up everywhere...

2001-03-13 Thread Andre Hedrick
ncerns, among them Time Inc.and McGraw-Hill. Se if these bozos get into the kernel anytime soon... 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] More majordomo info at http

Re: IDE poweroff -> hangup

2001-03-14 Thread Andre Hedrick
it to revert to the default values from POST? You have successfully unsynced the HOST and the DEVICE as the timings for the transfer rates. So it should HANG and DIE! Just be glad that the kernel will crash and not eat your data. Regards, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Pozsar

Re: IDE poweroff -> hangup

2001-03-14 Thread Andre Hedrick
MERS and the PCI-DMA space locally, but it is not a fatal barf, but a noisy messy one. I will pop a nasty patch to get you through the almost death, but it is nasty and not the preferred unknow solution. Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ker

Re: VIA686A chipset crash under 2.4.2-ac20

2001-03-16 Thread Andre Hedrick
list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel Development -

Re: Re[2]: VIA686A chipset crash under 2.4.2-ac20

2001-03-16 Thread Andre Hedrick
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Re: VIA686A chipset crash under 2.4.2-ac20

2001-03-16 Thread Andre Hedrick
Yes you should try because there is a fundamental difference in design of VIA between 2.2.x + patches and 2.4.x On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Kirill Kozmin wrote: > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > Okay not to worry, I now have a my hands on a VIA 686B and will look at > > the cha

Re: IDE UDMA on a CMD-648 Chip

2001-03-16 Thread Andre Hedrick
Heil > South Coast Software > Custom systems software for UNIX and IBM MVS mainframes > 1-714-774-6952 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sc-software.com > ----- > > > - > To unsubscribe from

Re: 2.4.2/2.4.3-pre4 IDE DMA problems w/ PDC20267+IBM DTLA

2001-03-16 Thread Andre Hedrick
partition table > A Register SYNC_IN ERRDY_EN IORDY_EN PREFETCH_EN PA0 PIO(A) = 1 > AP 0001 > B Register MB0 DMA(B) = 1 PB2 PIO(B) = 4 > BP 00100100 > C Register IORDYp MC0 DMA(C) = 1 > CP 0101 > D Register >

Re: IDE poweroff -> hangup

2001-03-16 Thread Andre Hedrick
:8421 RUMS: R == Reserved U == Ultra M == MultiWord S == SingleWord > tried to mount the specified drive. > > Any suggestion Read before blowing heat, I wear asbestos! > Regardz > daCodez > > > *

Re: [PATCH] off-by-1 error in ide-probe (2.4.x)

2001-03-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
tors in PIO is filling the sector_count register with '0' == 'zero'. As long as 255 == 255 and 0 == 256 for total sectors to transfer all is cool. 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: [PATCH] off-by-1 error in ide-probe (2.4.x)

2001-03-18 Thread Andre Hedrick
ain loops is spread like hot butter, it covers up a lot of issues and threads get messy. I had all but given up on chasing them down and then resolved to start from scratch. Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" i

ide.2.2.18.02122001.patch

2001-03-19 Thread Andre Hedrick
Has arrived... 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] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: ide.2.2.18.02122001.patch

2001-03-19 Thread Andre Hedrick
Write-caching flushing upon closing/unmounting each partition. On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Matthias Andree wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > Has arrived... > > What's new with that? > > -- > Matthias Andree > Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Deve

ide.2.4.3-p4.all.03132001.patch ... Re: ide.2.2.18.02122001.patch

2001-03-19 Thread Andre Hedrick
ide.2.4.3-p4.03132001.patch ide.2.4.3-p4.all.03132001.patch On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > Write-caching flushing upon closing/unmounting each partition. > > On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Matthias Andree wrote: > > > On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: &

update failures on kernel.org patches

2001-03-19 Thread Andre Hedrick
ftp://www.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/ata/2.2.18/ ftp://www.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/ata/2.4.3/ Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development ASL Kernel Development - ASL, Inc. Toll free: 1

RE: Linux should better cope with power failure

2001-03-19 Thread Andre Hedrick
his." "Then don't do it." > > Satch > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo in

Re: VIA686B + 2.2.18 (was: VIA686A chipset crash under 2.4.2-ac20)

2001-03-20 Thread Andre Hedrick
= 17.72 MB/Sec (14.10 Seconds) When you adjust for memory delays (of 35-40%) then you get those number. and those numbers are valid inside for kernel-kernel access, not kernel-user-space. Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "uns

Re: UDMA 100 / PIIX4 question

2001-03-21 Thread Andre Hedrick
outer v/s inner zones produce different transfer throughputs. > Regards, > > Geoff 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] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

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