Re: DMA problems VT8237A chipset (msi board)

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 12:53:06PM +0200, Radek Oliwa wrote:
> hello!
> 
> I can't activate dma (hdparm -d1 /dev....) 
> the msi board uses the via VT8237A chipset. 
> 
> linux: debian 
> kernel: 2.6.8-12-amd64-generic 
> 
> messages-log: 
> Aug 18 04:17:15 localhost kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver
> Revision: 
> 7.00alpha2 
> Aug 18 04:17:15 localhost kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for
> PIO m 
> odes; override with idebus=xx 
> Aug 18 04:17:15 localhost kernel: VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot
> 0000:00:0f. 
> 0 
> Aug 18 04:17:15 localhost kernel: VP_IDE: chipset revision 7 
> Aug 18 04:17:15 localhost kernel: VP_IDE: not 100%% native mode: will probe
> irqs 
> later 
> Aug 18 04:17:15 localhost kernel: VP_IDE: Unknown VIA SouthBridge, disabling
> DMA 
> 
> any ideas? 

Any chance this is another incarnation of the now infamous ide-generic bug ?
It certainly show the right symptoms for that.

Friendly,

Sven Luther