Re: [BUG] 2.4 series: IDE driver

Dr. David Alan Gilbert (gilbertd@treblig.org)
Tue, 24 Dec 2002 23:50:54 +0000


* Nico Schottelius (schottelius@wdt.de) wrote:

> If I change the notebook it runs fine.
> If I change the harddisks it works fine.
> If I use 2.5 series kernels it works fine.

> ALI15X3: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:10.0
> ALI15X3: chipset revision 195
> ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0x6050-0x6057, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
> ide1: BM-DMA at 0x6058-0x605f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio

I have heard it said that DMA on the ALI chipset is a bit touchy (not
sure if driver or hardware) - it is worth trying with the DMA off.

Dave
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