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Bug 44850 - Driverproblem ALI-M1543C [ALI15X3]
Summary: Driverproblem ALI-M1543C [ALI15X3]
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High major (vote)
Assignee: x86-kernel@gentoo.org (DEPRECATED)
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Reported: 2004-03-16 07:08 UTC by Nicolas Saurbier
Modified: 2004-04-16 17:56 UTC (History)
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Description Nicolas Saurbier 2004-03-16 07:08:48 UTC 
During boot, Kernel outputs:

ALI15X3: chipset revision 193
ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ALI15X3: simplex device: DMA forced
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: FUJITSU MPB3064ATU E, ATA DISK drive
hdb: CD-ROM 52X/AKH, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
blk: queue c03bbc60, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda: 12672450 sectors (6488 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=788/255/63, UDMA(33)

It seems that it
Comment 1 Nicolas Saurbier 2004-03-16 07:08:48 UTC 
During boot, Kernel outputs:

ALI15X3: chipset revision 193
ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ALI15X3: simplex device: DMA forced
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: FUJITSU MPB3064ATU E, ATA DISK drive
hdb: CD-ROM 52X/AKH, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
blk: queue c03bbc60, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda: 12672450 sectors (6488 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=788/255/63, UDMA(33)

It seems that it´s impossible to install gentoo with that kind of chipset.

I tried LiveCD 2004.0 and emerged everything.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run LiveCD 2004 - dmesg


Expected Results:  
gentoo shall run with ALI-M1543C ! 

Kernel 2.4.24
Comment 2 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-03-16 15:25:30 UTC 
Is with the LiveCD kernel or the kernel you installed after completing the Gentoo installation? Can you try out adding "ide=nodma" to the kernel boot parameters and see if that solves your issue? Thanks!
Comment 3 Nicolas Saurbier 2004-03-17 01:01:03 UTC 
This problem occures with vanilla-sources (2.4.24) and with Kernel included in LiveCD 2004.0  cheers Nicolas
Comment 4 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-03-17 07:54:28 UTC 
Hmm, well the hard drive is detected so I don't see the issue. Does the kernel just hang from there onwards?
Comment 5 Nicolas Saurbier 2004-03-17 10:38:50 UTC 
So, I installed Kernel 2.6.4.rc1 and that seems to work...
It
Comment 6 Nicolas Saurbier 2004-03-17 10:38:50 UTC 
So, I installed Kernel 2.6.4.rc1 and that seems to work...
It´s forces DMA now and seems to be stable.
I´ll do some tests.
Comment 7 Jason Cox (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-04-11 19:45:18 UTC 
Did the drives not work before? It seems like they were detected, just without DMA.
Comment 8 Jason Cox (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-04-16 17:56:22 UTC 
Fixed for the user. Should have been marked so earlier.