Bug#386352: linux-image-2.6.17-2-686: ide driver lockup

[maximilian attems <maks@stro.at>]

On Wed, 06 Sep 2006, Mike Edwards wrote:

> After upgrading to 2.6.17 from 2.6.16-1-686, I found the stability of my
> unicpu PIII system was next to nonexistent (it would completely lock up
> after only a day or two of uptime).  After enabling netconsole, I was able
> to capture the following from the kernel:
> hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61
> hda: DMA timeout error
> hda: dma timeout error: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> hdb: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x41
> hdb: DMA timeout error
> 
> Both hard disks appear to be fine, and shouldn't be causing any problems.
> Going back to 2.6.16 appears to resolve the stability issues, which implies
> software, and not hardware, is at fault.

how is linux image 2.6.18 in testing/unstable doing?

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maks