From: "Christiaan den Besten" <chris@scorpion.nl>
To: Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal@eyal.emu.id.au>,
Milan Kupcevic <milan@physics.harvard.edu>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, trivial@rustcorp.com.au,
torvalds@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sata_promise: Port enumeration order - SATA 150 TX4, SATA 300 TX4
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:52:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <011f01c639f9$8dc86bc0$3d64880a@speedy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 44000036.7070403@eyal.emu.id.au
Hi !
We have several of these boards in use [SATA 300 TX4] (bought over time .. not in one batch). All of them have the ordering as
described below. So another vote for "Please fix!" :)
bye,
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eyal Lebedinsky" <eyal@eyal.emu.id.au>
To: "Milan Kupcevic" <milan@physics.harvard.edu>
Cc: "Jeff Garzik" <jgarzik@pobox.com>; <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>; <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>; <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>;
<trivial@rustcorp.com.au>; <torvalds@osdl.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sata_promise: Port enumeration order - SATA 150 TX4, SATA 300 TX4
> Milan Kupcevic wrote:
>> From: Milan Kupcevic <milan@physics.harvard.edu>
>>
>> Fix Promise SATAII 150 TX4 (PDC40518) and Promise SATA 300 TX4
>> (PDC40718-GP) wrong port enumeration order that makes it (nearly)
>> impossible to deal with boot problems using two or more drives.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Milan Kupcevic <milan@physics.harvard.edu>
>> ---
>>
>> The current kernel driver assumes:
>>
>> port 1 - scsi3
>> port 2 - scsi1
>> port 3 - scsi0
>> port 4 - scsi2
>
> I totally agree with the fact that the Linux driver gets the ports wrong
> when compared to the BIOS, Windows and surely contradicts the port
> numbers printed on the board. I doubt we all got samples on the one
> bad batch...
>
> It *is* a real problem and if the solution is correct then I support it.
>
> Maybe we need a quick feedback from current users: do you guys find
> that the ports are detected as they are labelled (white silk screen)
> on the board or do they show up out of order (as listed above by
> Milan)?
>
> --
> Eyal Lebedinsky (eyal@eyal.emu.id.au) <http://samba.org/eyal/>
> attach .zip as .dat
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From: "Christiaan den Besten" <chris@scorpion.nl>
To: "Eyal Lebedinsky" <eyal@eyal.emu.id.au>,
"Milan Kupcevic" <milan@physics.harvard.edu>
Cc: "Jeff Garzik" <jgarzik@pobox.com>, <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<trivial@rustcorp.com.au>, <torvalds@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sata_promise: Port enumeration order - SATA 150 TX4, SATA 300 TX4
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:52:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <011f01c639f9$8dc86bc0$3d64880a@speedy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 44000036.7070403@eyal.emu.id.au
Hi !
We have several of these boards in use [SATA 300 TX4] (bought over time .. not in one batch). All of them have the ordering as
described below. So another vote for "Please fix!" :)
bye,
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eyal Lebedinsky" <eyal@eyal.emu.id.au>
To: "Milan Kupcevic" <milan@physics.harvard.edu>
Cc: "Jeff Garzik" <jgarzik@pobox.com>; <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>; <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>; <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>;
<trivial@rustcorp.com.au>; <torvalds@osdl.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sata_promise: Port enumeration order - SATA 150 TX4, SATA 300 TX4
> Milan Kupcevic wrote:
>> From: Milan Kupcevic <milan@physics.harvard.edu>
>>
>> Fix Promise SATAII 150 TX4 (PDC40518) and Promise SATA 300 TX4
>> (PDC40718-GP) wrong port enumeration order that makes it (nearly)
>> impossible to deal with boot problems using two or more drives.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Milan Kupcevic <milan@physics.harvard.edu>
>> ---
>>
>> The current kernel driver assumes:
>>
>> port 1 - scsi3
>> port 2 - scsi1
>> port 3 - scsi0
>> port 4 - scsi2
>
> I totally agree with the fact that the Linux driver gets the ports wrong
> when compared to the BIOS, Windows and surely contradicts the port
> numbers printed on the board. I doubt we all got samples on the one
> bad batch...
>
> It *is* a real problem and if the solution is correct then I support it.
>
> Maybe we need a quick feedback from current users: do you guys find
> that the ports are detected as they are labelled (white silk screen)
> on the board or do they show up out of order (as listed above by
> Milan)?
>
> --
> Eyal Lebedinsky (eyal@eyal.emu.id.au) <http://samba.org/eyal/>
> attach .zip as .dat
> -
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
>
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-25 10:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-25 1:09 [PATCH] sata_promise: Port enumeration order - SATA 150 TX4, SATA 300 TX4 Milan Kupcevic
2006-02-25 1:16 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-02-25 1:42 ` Milan Kupcevic
2006-02-25 6:59 ` Eyal Lebedinsky
2006-02-25 10:52 ` Christiaan den Besten [this message]
2006-02-25 10:52 ` Christiaan den Besten
2006-03-31 22:52 ` Fabian Knittel
2006-05-30 21:31 ` Milan Kupcevic
2006-06-06 17:27 ` Fabian Knittel
2006-10-02 22:08 ` Evan Harris
2006-12-16 17:09 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-02-26 19:55 ` Oliver Joa
2006-02-26 19:56 ` Oliver Joa
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-10-03 22:12 Walter Hutchins
2009-10-05 10:49 ` Mikael Pettersson
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