[Bulk] hda dma seek errors

[subsolar at subsolar.com (Paul)]

On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 23:19 -0500, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 19:54 -0700, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> > Motherboard -  KT7A-RAID  using  AMD 1.3Ghz Athlon Thunderbird
> >  Chipsets   -  VIA Apollo KT133A with VT8363A and VT82C686A
> 
> Yep, I had that _exact_ mainboard.
> 82c686[A] was the PITA of ATA-4 UltraDMA mode 4 capable designs.
> Even the early VT823x's were an improvement.
> 
> DMA timeouts were regular with different kernels, especially IBM (also
> WD at the time) drives.
> 
> 

Samsung 10 & 20GB drives also have showed the same symptoms also for me
on a ABIT KR7A-RAID.

Paul