[CLUE-Tech] kernel drivers

[Dave Hahn]

Many stories abound about problem with VIA chipsets under Linux.  Just a 
thought.

-d

Mike Staver wrote:

> 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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