Does it work as kernel parameter? I tried libata_dma_mask=0x4 and to set 0xf or 0xff - doesn't help. How to disable DMA in libata, if it is compiled in kernel? On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 01:30:53 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote > On Thursday 08 November 2007, Denys Fedoryshchenko wrote: > > 2.6.24-rc2 not working very well > > > > > > dmesg > > [ 12.386395] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 > > [ 12.405579] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override > > with idebus=xx > > [ 12.430441] SC1200: IDE controller (0x100b:0x0502 rev 0x01) at PCI slot > > 0000:00:12.2 > > [ 12.454070] SC1200: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > [ 12.471947] ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfc00-0xfc07, BIOS settings: hda:pio, > > hdb:pio > > [ 12.493873] ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfc08-0xfc0f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, > > hdd:pio > > [ 12.515810] Probing IDE interface ide0... > > [ 12.528810] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -497423729 ns) > > [ 12.545888] Time: pit clocksource has been installed. > > [ 12.563379] hda: SanDisk SDCFH-1024, CFA DISK drive > > [ 12.578340] hda: applying conservative PIO "downgrade" > > [ 12.593869] hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO1 > > [ 12.594006] hda: MW DMA 2 mode selected > > [ 12.594297] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > > [ 12.608778] Probing IDE interface ide1... > > [ 12.623192] hda: max request size: 128KiB > > [ 12.635322] hda: 2001888 sectors (1024 MB) w/1KiB Cache, CHS=1986/16/ 63, > > DMA > > [ 12.657134] hda:<4>hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 > > [ 12.865846] hda: DMA timeout error > > [ 12.876092] ide_dma_end dma_stat=21 err=1 newerr=0 > > [ 12.890753] hda: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete > > DataRequest } > > [ 12.914977] ide: failed opcode was: unknown > > [ 12.927743] hda: DMA disabled > > [ 12.937035] ide0: reset: success > > [ 12.948324] hda1 > > > > Mounting taking long time on 1GB card cause of DMA issues. In dmesg i am not > > sure about timestamp showing few seconds, in real life it took about 2 > > minutes. > > Please try booting with "hda=nodma". > > It could be a hardware problem (CF adapter without DMA lines). > > Thanks, > Bart -- Denys Fedoryshchenko Technical Manager Virtual ISP S.A.L. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html