Andre Hedrick wrote:
>
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Ted Sikora wrote:
> > hda:hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> > hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> > hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> > hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
> > hda: DMA disabled
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 2.2.14-pre15 is fine with ide patch
>
> Do you mean "ide.2.2.15-14.20000325.patch"?
ide.2.2.15-15.20000317.patch.bz2
>
> Did you enable "CONFIG_WDC_ALI15X3" without reading the "FOOLS Warning"?
>
No...it's diasabled. I saw (DANGEROUS)and heeded the warning.
> ALI M15x3 WDC support (DANGEROUS)
> CONFIG_WDC_ALI15X3
> This allows for UltraDMA support for WDC drives that ignore CRC checking.
> You are a fool for enabling this option, but there have been requests.
> DO NOT COMPLAIN IF YOUR DRIVE HAS FS CORUPTION, IF YOU ENABLE THIS!
> No one will listen, just laugh for ignoring this SERIOUS WARNING.
>
> Using this option can allow WDC drives to run at ATA-4/5 transfer rates with
> only an ATA-2 support structure.
>
> SAY NO!
>
> People who claim they have IBM drives that are Stamped WDC are potentially
> safe, otherwise............
It was working fine up until now. Previous 2.3 kernels have been problem
free except under fsck for quite awhile. My Maxtor/IBM drives have never
produced errors and are very fast with the patches. Strangely they seem
better under UDMA33 rather than UDMA66.
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