Unable to enable IDE harddisc DMA on VIA KT 880, VIA VT 8237 chipset
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Hi,
I was directed here from another mailing list.
I wonder if someone could help me get my hard drives running a a
reasonable performance. I installed a debian sarge preview in Jan this
year. See attatched install report if you would like to see the details.
I am currently runing 2.6.8-2-k7, if necessary I can try and get this
package from testing working:
http://packages.debian.org/testing/base/kernel-image-2.6.11-1-k7
I wanted to see if I had everything setup right first. Let me know if
you know this newer testing kernel has VIA updates.. (I could not find
any in the ChangeLogs on kernel.org for .8->.11)
My /dev/hdc is a Western Digital 180GB drive:
# hdparm -i /dev/hdc
/dev/hdc:
Model=WDC WD2000LB-00EDA0, FwRev=15.05R15, SerialNo=WD-WMAEP1272292
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs
FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=74
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: device does not report version:
* signifies the current active mode
now2g:/home/now3d# hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc
/dev/hdc:
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
using_dma = 0 (off)
(you can see I was root. Also the drive was not mounted. When mounted
it works fine, but is just very slow. I had with iwth DMA working on
Mandrake 2.4.x kernel)
I seem unable to enable DMA, which means it is very slow to use.. and
causes my whole system to slow (even with nice -n19).
Kind regards
JG
Debian-installer-version: I got netinst, from the debian site around 2005-01-27
uname -a: Linux now2g 2.6.8-2-k7 #1 Mon Jan 24 03:29:52 EST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2005-01-30 20:00 GMT aprox
Method: <How did you install? What did you boot off? If network
install, from where? Proxied?>
Machine: ASUS K7T880 custom build
Processor: AthlonXP 3200+ (2.2Ghz)
Memory: 1GB
Root Device: /dev/sda3 SATA drive
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sda2 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
$ lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:0269 (rev 80)
0000:00:00.1 0600: 1106:1269
0000:00:00.2 0600: 1106:2269
0000:00:00.3 0600: 1106:3269
0000:00:00.4 0600: 1106:4269
0000:00:00.7 0600: 1106:7269
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:b198
0000:00:09.0 0200: 11ab:4320 (rev 13)
0000:00:0e.0 0c03: 1045:c861 (rev 10)
0000:00:0f.0 0104: 1106:3149 (rev 80)
0000:00:0f.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:10.0 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.1 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.4 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 86)
0000:00:11.0 0601: 1106:3227
0000:00:11.5 0401: 1106:3059 (rev 60)
0000:00:13.0 0200: 1106:3106 (rev 86)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 10de:0333 (rev a1)
$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0269 (rev 80)
0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 1269
0000:00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 2269
0000:00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3269
0000:00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 4269
0000:00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 7269
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (rev 13)
0000:00:0e.0 USB Controller: OPTi Inc. 82C861 (rev 10)
0000:00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
0000:00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [K8T800 South]
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller(rev 60)
0000:00:13.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III] (rev 86)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV38 [GeForce FX 5950 Ultra] (rev a1)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
/dev/fd0 missing, and cd/dvd writing not setup. CD/DVD writer is:
_NEC ' 'DVD_RW ND-2500A ' '1.06'.
This is an IDE model, which is on /dev/hda, I had to convert it to work as /dev/scd0 to write cds.
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