Re: Libata-tj-stable patch /w sil3124 and PMP... 'device or resource busy'

[Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>]

Eric Windisch wrote:
> First, I should note that I've attempted to use the latest 
> libata-tj-stable patch, against 2.6.17.4 and 2.6.17.7 (it patched 
> cleanly), and I've tried 2.6.18-rc3.  All three have given me either the 
> same, or a worse result.  My controller is a sil3124, I have 5 sata 
> drives, and I'm using a couple sil 3726 PMPs (to support a potential 
> maximum of 12 drives with my Norco 1220 disk array).
> 
> Regarding the behavior, while I can see all 5 disks, and even partition 
> them (iirc, parted worked, but fdisk didn't), and see my created 
> partitions, when attempting to use 'mdadm --create', I get the error:  
> "Device or resource busy".   mkfs.ext3 gives a similar error as well.  
> The disks are not mounted or otherwise being accessed (such as via 
> software raid or lvm).

Hello, Eric.

Can you post the result of 'dmesg', 'cat /proc/mounts' and 'fuser -v 
/dev/sdX#'?

-- 
tejun