[gentoo-user] dma_intr: status=0x51

[gentoo-user] dma_intr: status=0x51

[Matthias Langer]

I just bought myself a new harddrive. While everything seems to work 
fine so far, I recognized these messages from dmesg:

hdd: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }

I'm using vanilla-sources-2.6.12.5.

Here are some other parts from dmesg, which are included to describe the 
relevant hardware in detail:

SiI680: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:09.0
....
SiI680: chipset revision 1
SiI680: BASE CLOCK == 133
SiI680: 100% native mode on irq 10
    ide0: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
    ide1: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
...
Probing IDE interface ide1...
hdc: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: Maxtor 6L250R0, ATA DISK drive
hdd: max request size: 64KiB
hdd: 490234752 sectors (251000 MB) w/16384KiB Cache, CHS=30515/255/63, 
UDMA(133)
hdd: cache flushes supported

Finally, this is what i get from hdparm -i /dev/hdd:
 
 Model=Maxtor 6L250R0, FwRev=BAH41G10, SerialNo=L59CY5SH
 Config={ Fixed }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=16384kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 udma6
 AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: (null):

Maybe someone can give me a hint what might be wrong with my configuration.

Thanks, Matthias





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Re: [gentoo-user] dma_intr: status=0x51

[Hemmann, Volker Armin]

On Saturday 08 October 2005 04:15, Matthias Langer wrote:
> I just bought myself a new harddrive. While everything seems to work
> fine so far, I recognized these messages from dmesg:
>
> hdd: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdd: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>
> I'm using vanilla-sources-2.6.12.5.
>
> Here are some other parts from dmesg, which are included to describe the
> relevant hardware in detail:
>
> SiI680: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:09.0
> ....
> SiI680: chipset revision 1
> SiI680: BASE CLOCK == 133
> SiI680: 100% native mode on irq 10
>     ide0: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
>     ide1: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
> ...
> Probing IDE interface ide1...
> hdc: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> hdd: Maxtor 6L250R0, ATA DISK drive
> hdd: max request size: 64KiB
> hdd: 490234752 sectors (251000 MB) w/16384KiB Cache, CHS=30515/255/63,
> UDMA(133)
> hdd: cache flushes supported
>
> Finally, this is what i get from hdparm -i /dev/hdd:
>
>  Model=Maxtor 6L250R0, FwRev=BAH41G10, SerialNo=L59CY5SH
>  Config={ Fixed }
>  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
>  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=16384kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
>  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
>  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
>  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
>  DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
>  UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 udma6
>  AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
>  Drive conforms to: (null):
>
> Maybe someone can give me a hint what might be wrong with my configuration.

first off all, you should never mix ata and atapi devices (harddisks and 
opticals) on one channel. That is known for making problems.

Your error message could be have two origins: your cable is defective or not 
properly seated (easy to check), or your harddisk is on its way to the great 
vendor in the sky.
Get a different cable. Connect the drive with this new cable. ONLY connect the 
drive, not the burner. Does the error still occurs? Bring back the harddisk, 
where you bought it.
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Re: [gentoo-user] dma_intr: status=0x51

[Matthias Langer]

Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:

>On Saturday 08 October 2005 04:15, Matthias Langer wrote:
>  
>
>>I just bought myself a new harddrive. While everything seems to work
>>fine so far, I recognized these messages from dmesg:
>>
>>hdd: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>>hdd: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>>
>>I'm using vanilla-sources-2.6.12.5.
>>
>>Here are some other parts from dmesg, which are included to describe the
>>relevant hardware in detail:
>>
>>SiI680: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:09.0
>>....
>>SiI680: chipset revision 1
>>SiI680: BASE CLOCK == 133
>>SiI680: 100% native mode on irq 10
>>    ide0: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
>>    ide1: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
>>...
>>Probing IDE interface ide1...
>>hdc: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
>>hdd: Maxtor 6L250R0, ATA DISK drive
>>hdd: max request size: 64KiB
>>hdd: 490234752 sectors (251000 MB) w/16384KiB Cache, CHS=30515/255/63,
>>UDMA(133)
>>hdd: cache flushes supported
>>
>>Finally, this is what i get from hdparm -i /dev/hdd:
>>
>> Model=Maxtor 6L250R0, FwRev=BAH41G10, SerialNo=L59CY5SH
>> Config={ Fixed }
>> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
>> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=16384kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
>> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
>> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
>> PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
>> DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
>> UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 udma6
>> AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
>> Drive conforms to: (null):
>>
>>Maybe someone can give me a hint what might be wrong with my configuration.
>>    
>>
>
>first off all, you should never mix ata and atapi devices (harddisks and 
>opticals) on one channel. That is known for making problems.
>
>Your error message could be have two origins: your cable is defective or not 
>properly seated (easy to check), or your harddisk is on its way to the great 
>vendor in the sky.
>Get a different cable. Connect the drive with this new cable. ONLY connect the 
>drive, not the burner. Does the error still occurs? Bring back the harddisk, 
>where you bought it.
>  
>
Well, I tried to connect the drive to another cable with success. 
However, with this cable, which seemed to be an older one, the drive was 
restricted to UDMA(33).

My theory about these messages now is the following:
The HD I'm talking about is not directly connected to the ide-cable, but 
via a rather old 'HD-Box'. Thus I have:

Controller->Modern IDE-Cable->HD-Box->Old IDE-Cable->HD.

I think that the 'Old IDE-Cable' part is causing the troubles. However I 
can't verify that without rearranging a bulk of ide-drives.
I'll buy myself a new box and tell you about the results.

Thanks for your hints, Matthias
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Re: [gentoo-user] dma_intr: status=0x51

[Matthias Langer]

Matthias Langer wrote:

> Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
>
>> On Saturday 08 October 2005 04:15, Matthias Langer wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> I just bought myself a new harddrive. While everything seems to work
>>> fine so far, I recognized these messages from dmesg:
>>>
>>> hdd: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>>> hdd: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>>>
>>> I'm using vanilla-sources-2.6.12.5.
>>>
>>> Here are some other parts from dmesg, which are included to describe 
>>> the
>>> relevant hardware in detail:
>>>
>>> SiI680: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:09.0
>>> ....
>>> SiI680: chipset revision 1
>>> SiI680: BASE CLOCK == 133
>>> SiI680: 100% native mode on irq 10
>>>    ide0: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
>>>    ide1: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
>>> ...
>>> Probing IDE interface ide1...
>>> hdc: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
>>> hdd: Maxtor 6L250R0, ATA DISK drive
>>> hdd: max request size: 64KiB
>>> hdd: 490234752 sectors (251000 MB) w/16384KiB Cache, CHS=30515/255/63,
>>> UDMA(133)
>>> hdd: cache flushes supported
>>>
>>> Finally, this is what i get from hdparm -i /dev/hdd:
>>>
>>> Model=Maxtor 6L250R0, FwRev=BAH41G10, SerialNo=L59CY5SH
>>> Config={ Fixed }
>>> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
>>> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=16384kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
>>> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
>>> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
>>> PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
>>> DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
>>> UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 udma6
>>> AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
>>> Drive conforms to: (null):
>>>
>>> Maybe someone can give me a hint what might be wrong with my 
>>> configuration.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> first off all, you should never mix ata and atapi devices (harddisks 
>> and opticals) on one channel. That is known for making problems.
>>
>> Your error message could be have two origins: your cable is defective 
>> or not properly seated (easy to check), or your harddisk is on its 
>> way to the great vendor in the sky.
>> Get a different cable. Connect the drive with this new cable. ONLY 
>> connect the drive, not the burner. Does the error still occurs? Bring 
>> back the harddisk, where you bought it.
>>  
>>
> Well, I tried to connect the drive to another cable with success. 
> However, with this cable, which seemed to be an older one, the drive 
> was restricted to UDMA(33).
>
> My theory about these messages now is the following:
> The HD I'm talking about is not directly connected to the ide-cable, 
> but via a rather old 'HD-Box'. Thus I have:
>
> Controller->Modern IDE-Cable->HD-Box->Old IDE-Cable->HD.
>
> I think that the 'Old IDE-Cable' part is causing the troubles. However 
> I can't verify that without rearranging a bulk of ide-drives.
> I'll buy myself a new box and tell you about the results.

Well, it was as I expected. After switching to an UDMA(133) compatible 
mobile rack the  error messages are gone.

>
> Thanks for your hints, Matthias


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[gentoo-user] Re: dma_intr: status=0x51

[James]

Matthias Langer <mlangc <at> gmx.at> writes:

> Well, it was as I expected. After switching to an UDMA(133) compatible 
> mobile rack the  error messages are gone.


Don't forget to use hdparm to fully characterize the capabilities of 
your harddrive.

hdparm -I /dev/hda
hdparm -i /dev/hda

both reveal useful minutia about hard drives.....

HTH,

James



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