From: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
To: "Reinhard Brandstädter" <r.brandstaedter@gmx.at>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sata_via and SATA DVD drive (PX-712SA)
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:24:30 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <444888AE.8000706@tw.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200604202020.22010.r.brandstaedter@gmx.at>
Reinhard Brandstädter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> since 2.6.12 I try to get a Plextor PX-712SA (SATA DVD-RW) drive to work on a
> VIA SATA controller. Without success.
>
> When I load the sata_via module the controller is initialized and two sata
> interfaces are found (ata4 and ata5).
> Scanning the attached drive fails, and i think the returned code indicates the
> drive is busy:
>
> ...
> ata4: command 0xa0 timeout, stat 0xd0 host_stat 0x61
> ata4: translated ATA stat/err 0xd0/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00
> ...
>
> The controller seems to lock up (IDE LED is on) after that.
> I can unload the module and load it again, resulting in a timeout:
>
> ...
> ata6 is slow to respond, please be patient
> ata6 failed to respond (30 secs)
> ...
>
> Attached my dmesg output with the messages of loading the module, unloading it
> and loading it again. (ata4 & ata5 found, then ata6 & ata7)
>
> I also tried with SCSI debugging but this gives no additional info.
>
From the dmesg, PX-712SA looks like a PATA drive bridged to SATA.
Could you try the atapi_dmadir=1 module parameter and check if it helps?
(For older kernels, please #define ATAPI_ENABLE_DMADIR
in include/linux/libata.h and recompile the kernel.)
--
albert
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-21 7:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-20 18:20 sata_via and SATA DVD drive (PX-712SA) Reinhard Brandstädter
2006-04-21 7:24 ` Albert Lee [this message]
2006-04-21 21:20 ` Reinhard Brandstädter
2006-04-24 9:48 ` Albert Lee
2006-04-24 15:03 ` Reinhard Brandstädter
2006-04-29 10:50 ` Reinhard Brandstädter
2006-04-24 10:22 ` Albert Lee
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