Bug#323452: "hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21" errors + freeze (VIA VT82C686 chipset)
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 01:53:47AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2005-08-17 00:34:15 +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> >
> > > On this machine, I get the following error several times by hour:
> > >
> > > hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
> > > hda: error waiting for DMA
> > > hda: dma timeout retry: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> >
> > your drive appears busted.
> > i would back up any important data it holds.
>
> When searching for "dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21" on Google,
> I get about 787 pages. It could be a kernel problem as well. I've
> installed another kernel image (the 2.6.8-2-k7) and will see if I
> get the same errors. After 20 minutes, I haven't got any.
>
> I've just installed smartmontools, and there are several errors
> at disk power-on, but the short test completes without error.
I agree with Maximilian's advice that it is highly likely that
errors like this typically indicate that a disk is failing and
that you should back up your data and replace the disk.
--
Horms
Reply to: