There's new PIIX code by me in the 2.5 kernels. Can you provide
/proc/ide/piix data (and lspci -vvxxx) as well?
>
> > 2. Could you please report about the hardware you have. There are
> > chipsets around there which are using theyr own transport layer
> > implementations. host chip (aka south bridge) disk types and so on.
>
> # hdparm -i /dev/hda
> Model=Maxtor 51369U3, FwRev=DA620CQ0, SerialNo=EK3HAE61C
> Config={ Fixed }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
> BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=0(slow)
> CurCHS=17475/15/63, CurSects=16513875, LBA=yes
> LBA CHS=512/511/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=26520480
> tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
> UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2
>
> # hdparm -i /dev/hdc
> Model=ST31277A, FwRev=0.75, SerialNo=VAE07701
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
> RawCHS=2482/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
> BuffType=0(?), BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
> DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=1(medium), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
> CurCHS=2482/16/63, CurSects=2501856, LBA=yes
> LBA CHS=620/64/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=2501856
> tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 *mword2
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:383,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
>
> I have problems with hdc. hda is mostly unused, so maybe it is DMA errors
> prone too but I have not seen that yet.
>
> > 3. Some timeout values got increased to more generally used values (in esp.
> > IBM microdrives advice about timeout values. Could you see whatever
> > the data doesn't eventually go to the disk after georgeous
> > amounts of time.
>
> Erm.. my English comprehension fails here... do you say my disk
> does not like bigger timeouts?
>
> > 4. Could you try to set the DMA mode lower then it's set up
> > per default by using hdparm and try whatever it helps?
>
> Current params:
>
> # hdparm /dev/hda /dev/hdc
> /dev/hda:
> multcount = 16 (on)
> I/O support = 1 (32-bit)
> unmaskirq = 1 (on)
> using_dma = 1 (on)
> keepsettings = 0 (off)
> nowerr = 0 (off)
> readonly = 0 (off)
> BLKRAGET failed: Invalid argument
> geometry = 1754/240/63, sectors = 26520480, start = 0
>
> /dev/hdc:
> multcount = 16 (on)
> I/O support = 1 (32-bit)
> unmaskirq = 1 (on)
> using_dma = 1 (on)
> keepsettings = 0 (off)
> nowerr = 0 (off)
> readonly = 0 (off)
> BLKRAGET failed: Invalid argument
> geometry = 620/64/63, sectors = 2501856, start = 0
>
> I can't quite figure what MW/UDMA mode is active.
> --
> vda
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