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Author:  TomTom101 [ Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:44 am ]
Post subject:  nforce chipset not recognized: IDE - no DMA
Hi!

I have two problems that seem to have to do with a not recognized nForce2 chipset:

Code:
$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01e0 (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01eb (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ee (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ed (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ec (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ef (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0080 (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0084 (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0087 (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0087 (rev a1)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0088 (rev a2)
00:04.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 008c (rev a3)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 008a (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 008b (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0085 (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2)
01:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
01:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3)


This results probably in two problems I have
1) No DMA

$ hdparm -d1 /dev/hda gives me

Code:
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
 HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
 using_dma    =  0 (off)


I have tried every other parameters I found on the net, no joy.

The nForce2 chipset IS supposed to be supported by the 2.4.2x kernel! So what can I do about it?

Thanks a million
Thomas

PS.: KnoppMyth - although it took me about a week to get it working somehow - is brilliant!
Author:  tjc [ Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:11 am ]
Post subject: 
General note - when you're looking for help with a hardware problem it helps to provide details of the HARDWARE!

What mother board?
What revision of that motherboard?
Is the BIOS uptodate?

We've got a lot of folks using dozens of different nforce2 motherboards around here (check out the tier 1 and tier 2 topics) and I've never heard of a problem like this.
Author:  TomTom101 [ Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:08 pm ]
Post subject: 
Hi tjc,

I have a shuttle SN41G2V3, there have not been any BIOS updates released yet.
Brand new hardware sucks ...

t
Author:  tjc [ Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:48 pm ]
Post subject: 
TomTom101 wrote:
Brand new hardware sucks ...


That's why it's called "the bleeding edge". ;-)

Have you checked out the nvidia/nforce forums? I got a lot of good information there when I first got my SN41G2 and had a BIOS problem. Try sfftech.com and www.nvnews.net for starters. It sounds like they made mobo changes which aren't supported by the current kernel and drivers. You may also want to get the very latest Linux drivers from Nvidia. Heck, the V3 isn't even listed on Shttle's US or global site... The only place I found any mention of it is at a few German sites...
Author:  TomTom101 [ Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:31 am ]
Post subject: 
I'm still waiting on some info from nvnews.net. Haven't heard about sfftech.com though. I joined, asked and am waiting!

Quote:
Heck, the V3 isn't even listed on Shttle's US or global site... The only place I found any mention of it is at a few German sites...


You are scaring me!! :? 'But true, it seems to be available in Europe only!
I'll have to point my complaint about this matter towards them in that case!

Thanks so far!
t
Author:  TomTom101 [ Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:27 am ]
Post subject: 
Ok, the problem is the the new southbridge on the board - MCP-S with native S-ATA support instead of the MCP-T southbridge in the version 2 shuttles.

So now I only need to find out which kernel supports this southbridge!

Is there a common way of finding this out?

UPDATE
just found this:

Quote:
Summary of changes from v2.4.26-pre3 to v2.4.26-pre4
============================================
...

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz:
o small cleanup for AMD/nVidia IDE driver
o IDE AMD/nForce driver update
o amd74xx.c: fix for !CONFIG_PROCFS
o fix IDE build for CONFIG_PROC_FS=n
o new Medley software RAID driver
...



That sounds kinda promising!
Would patching the kernel to a stable 2.4.26 version also imply the need to recompile a bunch of modules?
Author:  Xsecrets [ Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:47 am ]
Post subject: 
yes any time you change kernels you will have to recompile at least the ivtv, and lirc stuff.
Author:  TomTom101 [ Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:17 am ]
Post subject: 
Good morning Nashville!

even better:

Quote:
Patches to add device IDs for new nForce IDE and SATA controllers.
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0405.3/0965.html


There is no way around recompiling. I hope I'm not breaking too much.

Btw: Is there a reason I cannot find any ix86 kernel-patch packages for debian?
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