[Voyage-linux] v0.6 on WRAP - dma errors

[Edwin Whitelaw]

I use grub.  When the initial boot screen comes up where the 5 second 
timeout occurs, it clearly shows the ide=nodma flag attached to the 
kernel boot line.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Edwin

Petr Lascak wrote:
> Edwin Whitelaw napsal(a):
>   
>> Here's the dmesg output...
>>
>> hda: 1000944 sectors (512 MB) w/1KiB Cache, CHS=993/16/63
>> hda:<4>hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
>> hda: DMA timeout error
>> ide_dma_end dma_stat=21 err=1 newerr=0
>> hda: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
>> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>>     
>
> -- snip --
>
>   
>>> Edwin Whitelaw wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I'm trying to turn off DMA for 0.6 on a WRAP board with
>>>>
>>>> kernel /vmlinuz root=LABEL=ROOT_FS  console=ttyS0,38400n8 ide=nodma
>>>>         
>
> Hi,
> after this, call you the "lilo" or "lilo -v"
> to be sure that all was set successfully ?
>
>   regards
>
>   

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