Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Jun 1999 23:40:50 -0500 (CDT) | From | "Andre M. Hedrick" <> | Subject | Re: UDMA lockup in 2.0.36 |
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On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Vladimir Dergachev wrote:
> > Hi all, > > > > Hate to bother with 2.0.x stuff, but..... > > Recently my ailing Western Digital HD started spitting bad blocks at a > > rapid rate, and so I purchased a brand spanking new Seagate Medalist to > > replace it. Nice, shiny fast, supports UDMA, and hook it into my UDMA > > enabled motherboard. > > Kernel detects it as UDMA, and treats it with kid gloves, till it reached > > the spot where DMA is enabled with hdparm in my rc.local. > > Try _not_ to use hdparm. There is an option in the kernel "dma by default" > and kernel should recognize the drive and turn the dma on. Some of the > settings in hdparm are interfering with normal udma operation. (I had this > problem too).
Vladimir got it right. The "kid gloves" bothers me, explain.............
Andre Hedrick The Linux IDE guy
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