Bug 76315

Summary:	system can't start on SiS 735 with kernel 2.4.18-17.7.x
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Cyril Zlachevsky <mazay>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Cyril Zlachevsky 2002-10-19 20:20:34 UTC

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Description of problem:
If /etc/sysconfig/harddisks contain
USE_DMA=1
MULTIPLE_IO=16
EIDE_32BIT=3
LOOKAHEAD=1
EXTRA_PARAMS=-X68

and kernel version is kernel 2.4.18-17.7.x then system can't start. Booting
process stop or freeze when hdparm try to start.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rpm -F kernel-2.4.18-17.7.x.athlon.rpm 
2. USE_DMA=1 in /etc/sysconfig/harddisks
3. Reboot
	

Actual Results:  Booting process stop or freeze when hdparm try to start.

Additional info:

To IDE onboard controller connected hard drive Seagate Barracuda ATA IV and
CD-ROM drive TEAC 32x

$ cat /proc/ide/ide0/hda
ST340016A

$ cat /proc/ide/hdc/model
CD-532E-B

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2002-10-20 09:16:34 UTC

EXTRA_PARAMS=-X68

PLEASE don't do that... if you have an 80 ribbon cable all you need to do is add
"ide0=ata66" to the kernel commandline (vmlinuz line in /boot/grub/grub.conf)
and the kernel will do all the DMA stuff properly. Forcing hdparm to do this is
asking for major problems!

Comment 2 Cyril Zlachevsky 2002-10-21 14:03:29 UTC

but
EXTRA_PARAMS=-X68
with kernel 2.4.18-10 and SiS 735 work fine!

Comment 3 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 15:40:05 UTC

Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, 
and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in
the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/