Re: [Quasi Solved] dma errors on boot

On 9/27/06, Andras Lorincz <andras.lorincz@gmail.com> wrote:

So I ran smartctl -t short /dev/hda gave no errors and then ran smartctl -t long /dev/hda and also ended without errors. The output from smartclt -l selftest /dev/hda is:

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description    Status                  Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline    Completed without error       00%        28         -
# 2 Short offline       Completed without error       00%        26         -

so I think the disk is OK.

On 9/26/06, Andras Lorincz <andras.lorincz@gmail.com > wrote:

Well I think that it is ATIIXP. Here is the lspci output:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a31 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 1098
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a3f (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: c0100000-c01fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-dfffffff
Capabilities: [b0] #0d [0000]

0000:00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 209
Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 209
Memory at c0001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 209
Memory at c0002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller
Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
I/O ports at 8420 [size=16]
Memory at c0003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

0000:00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 193
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at 8430 [size=16]
Capabilities: [70] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=08, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: c0200000-c02fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 40000000-42ffffff

0000:00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 1098
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 185
Memory at c0003400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [40] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc ATI SB400 - AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 1098
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 185
Memory at c0003800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [40] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a62 (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 1098
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
Memory at c0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at c0120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.: Unknown device 001a (rev 01)
Subsystem: Atheros Communications, Inc.: Unknown device 2052
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at c0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:02:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 1098
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 177
Memory at c0218000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 40000000-41fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 44000000-45fff000 (prefetchable)
I/O window 0: 00002000-000020ff
I/O window 1: 00002400-000024ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

0000:02:0b.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 1098
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 201
Memory at c0219000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at c0210000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:02:0b.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 1098
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at c0214000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:02:0b.4 0805: Texas Instruments PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI7411, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD) Controller
Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 1098
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at c021a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Memory at c0219c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Memory at c0219800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

0000:02:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 1098
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 177
Memory at c0216000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Expansion ROM at 42000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

On 9/26/06, Roberto C. Sanchez < roberto@connexer.com > wrote:

On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 04:25:46PM +0300, Andras Lorincz wrote:
> Actually I want DMA enabled and by switching DMA off I would like to see if
> there still appears some errors, but I think a better ideea is to check with
> smartctl.
>
> I use the latest kernel 2.6.17.13 and I have ATIIXP chipset.

I think you can force dma off by passing "dma=off" on the kernel command
line.

Regards,

-Roberto
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http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
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