From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 10 May 2001 12:01:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 10 May 2001 12:01:22 -0400 Received: from www.linux.org.uk ([195.92.249.252]:27664 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 10 May 2001 12:01:09 -0400 Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 17:00:39 +0100 From: Chris Dukes To: Ed Tomlinson Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [reiserfs-list] IDE DMA timeouts and reiserfs stability Message-ID: <20010510170039.C1112@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Ed Tomlinson , reiserfs-list@namesys.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <01050923423500.00777@oscar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01050923423500.00777@oscar>; from tomlins@cam.org on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:42:35PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:42:35PM -0400, Ed Tomlinson wrote: > Hi, > > I am using 2.4.5-pre1. Over the course of the last two weeks I have had > DMA timeouts occur twice. Both times corrupted my fs. While this is not > ideal, its not unexpected as things stand now. I have seen at least three > other reports on lkml about errors of this type - suspect that 2.4's ide > is a little fragile in some corner cases... Out of curiousity, can you reproduce the problem in a 2.4 kernel with Andre Hedrick's IDE patch for 2.4 applied? It works for me, but that's just me. (ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/) -- Chris Dukes The more I administer Solaris the more I believe it deserves the reputation HPUX has and vice versa. -- me.