Re: PROBLEM: ide hdma dma_timer_expiry

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue May 16 2006 - 10:18:50 EST


"Stian B. Barmen" <stian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 1.] One line summary of the problem:
>
> Kernel Panic every 24-48 hours after upgrade from 2.6.15.4 -> 2.6.16.15
>
> [2.] Full description of the problem/report:
>
> After the upgrade the screen freezes, usually in the night with a kernel
> panic,
> but when I get there the screen is black so I never get to see the panic
> itself. Anyways I
> looked in the syslog and the last entry was:
>
> May 16 04:22:39 [kernel] [234964.520730] hdi: dma_timer_expiry: dma status ==
> 0x61
>
> When I downgrade to 2.6.16.4 the problems goes away. Have tried to read the
> changelogs but
> I am stumped as to what the problem is.
>
> Hardware IDE wise is alot of disks, 9 IDE disks on 3 controllers, and the hdi
> disk is on a Primise Tech 20269 controller. Smartctl does not report any
> problems.
>
> [3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
>
> Kernel panic, dma_timer_expiry ide

Can I confirm that 2.6.16.15 is bad and 2.6.16.4 is OK? Or did you mean
2.6.15.4 there?
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