Bug 52197

Summary: Cyrix 5530 Chipset has IDE problems with DMA enabled
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Ed Bailey <ed>
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version: 7.1   
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Hardware: i386   
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dmesg output and /proc/ide information none

Description Ed Bailey 2001-08-21 17:10:27 UTC
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Description of problem:
A system containing the CS5530 chipset experiences IDE-related problems
(anaconda unable to start from CD, DMA timeouts on heavy HD activity) when
DMA is enabled.  With DMA disabled (with either "ide=nodma" or via hdparm
-d 0), the problems disappear.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Attempt to boot from the 7.1 CD


Actual Results:  Anaconda under X would never start.  Complained about
corrupt shared libraries.


Expected Results:  Anaconda should have started under X.  Booting with
ide=nodma allows this to happen.


Additional info:

This was with the updated 7.1 kernel (2.4.3-12)  I'll attach a file
containing dmesg output and select entries from /proc/ide...

Comment 1 Ed Bailey 2001-08-21 17:12:51 UTC
Created attachment 28754 [details]
dmesg output and /proc/ide information