Kernel update forces use of ide=nodma

["Nicky Sandhu" <nickysandhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Using kernel 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 boots up fine. Upgrading to all versions above 
(724,737,741) caused a kernel panic. Forcing boot with ide=nodma option 
works with these versions. However that is really slow

Using hdparm -d1 on the hard drives cause messages like this in dmesg. and 
occasional system lock ups.  Kernel version 681 does not have any such 
messages in the log or lock up and IO ofcourse is significantly faster.

I am using yum for updating the kernels from the usual repositories

Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: ICH: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: ICH: chipset revision 2
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: ICH: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs 
later
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel:     ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS 
settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel:     ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS 
settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: hda: Maxtor 30768H1, ATA DISK drive
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: Using cfq io scheduler
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: hdc: WDC WD400AB-00CMB0, ATA DISK drive
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: hdd: LG CD-RW CED-8080B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM 
drive
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: hda: max request size: 128KiB
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: hda: 15007104 sectors (7683 MB) w/512KiB 
Cache, CHS=14888/16/63, UDMA(66)
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel:  hda: hda1 hda2
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: hdc: max request size: 128KiB
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: hdc: 78165360 sectors (40020 MB) w/2048KiB 
Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(66)
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel:  hdc:hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady 
SeekComplete Error }
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError 
BadCRC }
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady 
SeekComplete Error }
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError 
BadCRC }
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
....
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: drivers/ide/pci/piix.c:390: 
spin_lock(drivers/ide/ide.c:023728c8) already locked by 
drivers/ide/ide-iops.c/1246
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: hdd: DMA disabled
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: drivers/ide/ide-iops.c:1314: 
spin_unlock(drivers/ide/ide.c:023728c8) not locked
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel: ide1: reset: success
Jan 25 08:02:53 linux1 kernel:  hdc1 hdc2