I'd love to help, but I'm not sure what to tell you. Sorry. > Throw it away... I tried for 2 weeks to get it to work and was unsuccessful, > plus didn't recieve much help from this list. I decided to use the on-board > HPT and used software Raid instead... has been running for 1 month no > problems... Mandrake 8.1, Oracle8i, MySQL, Apache, Tomcat, Oracle9iAS Web, > Samba (as PDC for 10 computers), master back up server... dual PIII 1 GhZ, > 1 GB Ram, 160GB storage (Raid 1+0) plus 1x 80GB backup drive... (All for > under $2400 6 months ago) > > But if anyone could get the TX4, my raid would run faster and I could add > another 400GB. > > > Shawn > :-) > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Jeremy Worrells <jworrells@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Problem - IRQ timeouts with Promise TX4 > Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:36:27 -0700 > > Hello everyone. > > First of all, thank all of you that have worked on this driver. > > Now, the problem. I installed a TX4 into my Dell PowerEdge 1300 and am > having IRQ timeout problems. I'm not sure if it is a RAID driver issue or > an ATA driver issue, but I thought I'd start here. > > When booting, I get the following: > > PDC20268: IDE controller on PCI bus 03 dev 08 > PDC20268: chipset revision 2 > PDC20268: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > PDC20268: ROM enabled at 0xf8000000 > PDC20268: (U)DMA Burst Bit ENABLED Primary PCI Mode Secondary MASTER Mode. > ide2: BM-DMA at 0xccc0-0xccc7, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio > ide3: BM-DMA at 0xccc8-0xcccf, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio > PDC20268: IDE controller on PCI bus 03 dev 10 > PDC20268: chipset revision 2 > PDC20268: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > PDC20268: ROM enabled at 0x000dc000 > PDC20268: (U)DMA Burst Bit DISABLED Primary PCI Mode Secondary PCI Mode. > PDC20268: FORCING BURST BIT 0x00 -> 0x01 ACTIVE > ide4: BM-DMA at 0xccb0-0xccb7, BIOS settings: hdi:pio, hdj:pio > ide5: BM-DMA at 0xccb8-0xccbf, BIOS settings: hdk:pio, hdl:pio > hdc: SAMSUNG SC-140B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > hde: WDC WD400BB-75CLB0, ATA DISK drive > hdg: WDC WD400BB-75CLB0, ATA DISK drive > hdi: WDC WD400BB-75CLB0, ATA DISK drive > hdk: WDC WD400BB-75CLB0, ATA DISK drive > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > ide2 at 0xccf8-0xccff,0xccf2 on irq 20 > ide3 at 0xcce0-0xcce7,0xccda on irq 20 > ide4 at 0xcce8-0xccef,0xccf6 on irq 21 > ide5 at 0xccd0-0xccd7,0xccde on irq 21 > hde: 78165360 sectors (40021 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=77545/16/63, UDMA(100) > hdg: 78165360 sectors (40021 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=77545/16/63, UDMA(100) > hdi: 78165360 sectors (40021 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=77545/16/63, UDMA(100) > hdk: 78165360 sectors (40021 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=77545/16/63, UDMA(100) > hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33) > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 > Partition check: > hde: [PTBL] [4865/255/63] hde1 > hdg: [PTBL] [4865/255/63] hdg1 > hdi:hdi: lost interrupt > hdi: lost interrupt > hdi: lost interrupt > PDC202XX: Primary channel reset. > ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_lostirq func only: 13 > hdi: lost interrupt > [PTBL] [4865/255/63] hdi1 > hdk:hdk: lost interrupt > hdk: lost interrupt > hdk: lost interrupt > PDC202XX: Secondary channel reset. > ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_lostirq func only: 13 > hdk: lost interrupt > [PTBL] [4865/255/63] hdk1 > > The first two drives get seen just fine, but hdi and hdk fall over. I cannot > do anything with the array after booting. > > I suspect it's an IRQ problem, but am not sure. > > CPU0 CPU1 > 0: 52174 46311 IO-APIC-edge timer > 1: 2 3 IO-APIC-edge keyboard > 2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade > 15: 4 3 IO-APIC-edge ide1 > 16: 6510 6349 IO-APIC-level aic7xxx > 20: 5429862 5429865 IO-APIC-level ide2, ide3 > 21: 0 0 IO-APIC-level ide4, ide5 > 22: 10682 10451 IO-APIC-level eth0 > NMI: 0 0 > LOC: 97554 98198 > ERR: 0 > MIS: 0 > > It's mystifying me, and my patience is growing short with this. > > I have looked on google, but nothing pops up. > > Can anyone help? > > Jeremy > -- > Jeremy Worrells > jworrells@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > 801.270.8616 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list >