[NTLUG:Discuss] Fw: what does dmesg mean when...?

[Steve Baker]

alh wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "aal" <al_h at technologist.com>
> To: "NTLUG DISCUSS" <discuss at ntlug.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 9:07 PM
> Subject: what does dmesg mean when...?
> 
> > I get this during ide setup
> > CMD648: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 40
> > CMD648: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> > ALI15X3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 78
> > ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> >
> > what does "not 100% native mode" mean to me and how can I fix it if
> > needed?

I don't know the answer - but I bet it would help if you'd tell us
what kind of motherboard you have.

I grep'ed the driver and kernel sources and noticed your message comes
from: drivers/block/ide-pci.c

There is a comment there that says:

 * ide_setup_pci_device() looks at the primary/secondary interfaces
 * on a PCI IDE device and, if they are enabled, prepares the IDE driver
 * for use with them.  This generic code works for most PCI chipsets.

The ominous thing is "most PCI chipsets"...implying that there are
some for which it doesn't work....which is why I wonder what mother
board you have - and hence whether your PCI/IDE device is something
strange that isn't supported.

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