sil3112-siimage dma problems - 2.4.21 kernel

I am having the same problems with the siimage driver as those posted in the thread "siimage driver status". Also I read all the posts on the siimage driver.

My motherboard is an Abit NF7-S rev2.0, nforce2 chipset and SIL3112A controller. I tried the "hdparm -d1 -X66 /dev/hde" trick but I get the dma timer error, siimage reset message, and the system repeats these messages. Finally, after a long delay I get all kinds of io errors reported from my ext3 journal and filesystem. At this point I have to reset the system and reboot, back into the PIO mode. I don't know anything else to try. Help.

I am running the 2.4.21 kernel.

I will send any additional info required if I can, and act as a test case for the Abit NF7-S board. Most posts seem to be on the Asus mobo. JohnC