hda errors on iBook G4

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Sat Oct 23 09:30:24 EST 2004


On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 01:30, Colin Leroy wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed hda status errors in my iBook G4's dmesg quite a long time
> ago, but never looked any more... Today I just ran tests with hdparm and
> this looks like really reproduceable:
> 
> Results are different whether I try it only or more, see below.
> 
> Any hint about where I should look at, and what kind of bug may cause
> this error?

Just stop messing with the transfer speeds with hdparm ;) This is
bad, the ide-pmac driver will automatically pick the optimal speed
for your drive.

Ben.





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