On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 01:36, dorian wrote:
> however, in 2.4.21-ben2, the latter option seems to have disapeared and
> i get (again) lots of
>
> hdX: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x24
> hdX: lost interrupt
> hdX: dma_intr: bad DMA status (dma_stat=30)
> hdX: dma_intr: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
This is pretty much the same message I got from my built in controller
for my ibook. The hard disks seem to go without DMA, but it's dog slow.
I've been trying to debug this problem, but with little success.
What does your /sbin/hdparm /dev/hdX say?
> btw, many thanks to benjamin herrenschmidt at this point. your work for
> the linux/ppc port is greatly appreciated!
Hear hear.
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