Bug#386352: linux-image-2.6.17-2-686: ide driver lockup
It appears to work fairly well, though I've since moved to the Xen
version of that kernel.
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 05:11:41PM +0100, maximilian attems babbled thus:
> 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?
>
> --
> maks
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