From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751111AbWEPOTE (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2006 10:19:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751112AbWEPOTD (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2006 10:19:03 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:55445 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751111AbWEPOTC (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2006 10:19:02 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 07:15:41 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: "Stian B. Barmen" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: ide hdma dma_timer_expiry Message-Id: <20060516071541.1072c360.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Stian B. Barmen" 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?