[CLUE-Tech] kernel drivers

[Mike Staver]

Yes, it is VIA - it's the FIC SD11 (very first ever AMD Athlon Slot 
motherboard to hit the market), it has an AMD northbridge and a VIA 
southbridge.

Dave Hahn wrote:

> Since you've replaced everything except the drive controller/Mainboard, 
> I would guess controller.
> 
> One possibility - is the IDE controller a VIA chip?
> 
> -d
> 
> Mike Staver wrote:
> 
>> I'm getting this kind of message on a Suse 9.1 box when running dmesg:
>>
>> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>>
>> I've seen the exact same thing under RH 7.x - 9.x, and Suse 9.0.  I 
>> figured I had a bad drive... so I bought a new one.  Then I 
>> reinstalled, and it's still happening.  So I swapped cables, and it's 
>> still happening.  Here are the specs:
>>
>> timmy:/home/staver # /sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hda
>>
>> /dev/hda:
>>
>>  Model=Maxtor 6Y080L0, FwRev=YAR41BW0, SerialNo=Y2TMF0WE
>>  Config={ Fixed }
>>  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
>>  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
>>  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=160086528
>>  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 udma6
>>  AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
>>  Drive conforms to: (null):
>>
>>  * signifies the current active mode
>>
>> Has anybody seen this before, and if so, could you fix it?  I'm 
>> guessing it's either an old bios, defective ide controller, or the 
>> kernel needs tweaking.
> 
> 
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                                 -Mike Staver
                                  staver at fimble.com
                                  mstaver at globaltaxnetwork.com