Re: bug: kernel 2.6.37-12 READ FPDMA QUEUED

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 02:23:07PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote:
> I've been trying to install a 2.6.37-12 kernel from kernel-ppa on one of
> my Ubuntu machines without success.

How much memory do you have in your box? HAve you tried to limit it
(dom0_mem=max:1GB)? What does you full serial log console look like?
Do you see 'swiotlb' in your dmesg output? Did you follow the PVOPS Wiki
about troubleshooting?
> 
> It keeps giving errors like this:
> 
>     [ 9.115544] ata9: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0xf SErr 0x0 action 0x10
>     frozen
>     [ 9.115550] ata9.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
>     [ 9.115556] ata9.00: cmd 60/04:00:
> 
>     d4:82:85/00:00:1f:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 2048 in
>     [ 9.115557] res 40/00:18:d3:82:85/00:00:1f:00:00/40 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
>     [ 9.115560] ata9.00: status: { DRDY }
>     [ 9.115562] ata9.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
> 
> I've searched and found some bugs referencing this type of problem and
> followed some suggestions:
> 
> I added libata.force=noncq to the kernel boot line but it did not help.
> 
> My hardware is like this:
> # lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge
> (int gfx)
> 00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge
> (PCIE port 5)
> 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA
> Controller [AHCI mode]
> 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0
> Controller
> 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
> 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
> 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0
> Controller
> 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
> 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
> 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
> 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
> 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
> 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
> 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
> 00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2
> Controller
> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
> Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
> Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
> Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
> Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
> 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
> Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3300
> Graphics
> 01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
> 03:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23
> IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
> 
> I've tested the hard drives with manufacturers surface test tools and
> the drives show no errors.  Smartctl shows no errors after testing.
> 
> Is there some kernel switch I need to support this hardware w/2.6.37-12
> kernels?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Gerry
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-devel mailing list
> Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel