Re: IDE tape and SMP

Alex Buell (alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:45:33 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Andre M. Hedrick wrote:

> ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = a, key = 9, asc = 3, ascq = c
> tar: Cannot write to /dev/ht0: I/O error
> hdd: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
> hdd: ATAPI reset complete
> ide-tape: Couldn't write a filemark
>
> ide-tape: ht0: DSC timeout
> hdd: ATAPI reset complete
> ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, pc = 1, key = 2, asc = 4, ascq = 1
>
> I am using a SM P6DNF and 124 SMP faults.........
> I forgot the tast kernel that there was not an error under SMP, but the
> hunt is on..................release the hounds..........

AT LAST, someone who's seen the same problems as I have!!! I'm
experiencing the _EXACT_ same problems - I have a Pentium Pro P6DNF
motherboard with 2 PPros on it at home and I reported this to the l-k
mailing list a week ago but I didn't get a response. :o(

Linux/SMP 1.2.5 exhibits the same problems on my system.

I'm much encouraged by this report - I have not done this myself yet, but
I suggest that you try recompiling the kernel without SMP and test again -
if my suspicions are correct, it should work just fine in UP. I shall
attempt this tonight.

Cheers,
Alex.

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