From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263259AbTDYHpF (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2003 03:45:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263399AbTDYHpF (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2003 03:45:05 -0400 Received: from news.cistron.nl ([62.216.30.38]:18447 "EHLO ncc1701.cistron.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263259AbTDYHpE (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2003 03:45:04 -0400 From: dth@ncc1701.cistron.net (Danny ter Haar) Subject: Re: 2.4.21-rc1-ac1: Filesystem corruption Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 07:57:13 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Cistron Message-ID: References: <20030425073652.GA2089@defiant.crash> X-Trace: ncc1701.cistron.net 1051257433 6066 62.216.30.38 (25 Apr 2003 07:57:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@cistron.nl X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Originator: dth@ncc1701.cistron.net (Danny ter Haar) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ronald Lembcke wrote: >Apr 25 02:19:40 defiant kernel: hdb: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x60 >Apr 25 02:19:40 defiant kernel: hdb: timeout waiting for DMA >Apr 25 02:19:40 defiant kernel: hdb: timeout waiting for DMA >Apr 25 02:19:40 defiant kernel: hdb: (__ide_dma_test_irq) called while not waiting >Apr 25 02:19:40 defiant kernel: hdb: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } >Apr 25 02:19:40 defiant kernel: >Apr 25 02:19:40 defiant kernel: hda: DMA disabled >Apr 25 02:19:40 defiant kernel: hdb: drive not ready for command >Apr 25 02:19:41 defiant kernel: ide0: reset: success > >CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC=y >CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC=y >CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y >CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y I also encounterd similar problems on several servers. Disabling IO_APIC on uni-processor machine "fixed" things for me. Could you recompile a kernel without IO-APIC? I've found these problems also in 2.5.xx kernels. My wild guess is that certain motherboards/bioses don't do what they are supposed to do. Found problems both on AMD and P4 platforms. Danny -- Miguel | "I can't tell if I have worked all my life or if de Icaza | I have never worked a single day of my life,"