2.6.22.5 SATA Failure

2.6.22.5 SATA Failure

[Dong Feng]

I have been using 2.6.21.1. It seems working well, that is, all my
disk partitions are mapped as "/dev/sda*" and the performance looks
good. After I upgrade to 2.6.22.5 with the exact same configuration,
all the disk device turn to "/dev/hda*" and the performance degrade
obviously.

While I boot with 2.6.21.1, the logs regarding disk are:

Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 IDE IDE ]
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B]
-> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata: 0x170 IDE port busy
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata: conflict with ide1
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd
0x000101f0 ctl 0x000103f6 bmdma 0x0001bfa0 irq 14
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata2: DUMMY
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: scsi0 : ata_piix
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata1.00: ATA-7: ST9120821AS, 8.03,
max UDMA/133
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata1.00: 234441648 sectors, multi 8:
LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: scsi1 : ata_piix
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA
    ST9120821AS      8.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 234441648 512-byte
hdwr sectors (120034 MB)
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: write cache:
enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 234441648 512-byte
hdwr sectors (120034 MB)
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: write cache:
enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel:  sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 < sda5 sda6 sda7 >



While booting with 2.6.22.5, the logs are:

Aug 26 09:30:04 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B]
-> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
Aug 26 09:30:04 localhost kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: 0x1F0 IDE port busy
Aug 26 09:30:04 localhost kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: 0x170 IDE port busy
Aug 26 09:30:04 localhost kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: no available
legacy port



It seems the dramatic change in libata.c incurs this failure.

Re: 2.6.22.5 SATA Failure

[Robert Hancock]

Dong Feng wrote:
> I have been using 2.6.21.1. It seems working well, that is, all my
> disk partitions are mapped as "/dev/sda*" and the performance looks
> good. After I upgrade to 2.6.22.5 with the exact same configuration,
> all the disk device turn to "/dev/hda*" and the performance degrade
> obviously.
> 
> While I boot with 2.6.21.1, the logs regarding disk are:
> 
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 IDE IDE ]
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B]
> -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata: 0x170 IDE port busy
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata: conflict with ide1
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd
> 0x000101f0 ctl 0x000103f6 bmdma 0x0001bfa0 irq 14
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata2: DUMMY
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: scsi0 : ata_piix
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata1.00: ATA-7: ST9120821AS, 8.03,
> max UDMA/133
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata1.00: 234441648 sectors, multi 8:
> LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: scsi1 : ata_piix
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA
>     ST9120821AS      8.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 234441648 512-byte
> hdwr sectors (120034 MB)
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: write cache:
> enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 234441648 512-byte
> hdwr sectors (120034 MB)
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: write cache:
> enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel:  sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 < sda5 sda6 sda7 >
> 
> 
> 
> While booting with 2.6.22.5, the logs are:
> 
> Aug 26 09:30:04 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B]
> -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> Aug 26 09:30:04 localhost kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: 0x1F0 IDE port busy
> Aug 26 09:30:04 localhost kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: 0x170 IDE port busy
> Aug 26 09:30:04 localhost kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: no available
> legacy port
> 
> 
> 
> It seems the dramatic change in libata.c incurs this failure.

It looks like you have some CONFIG_IDE options enabled in your kernel 
configuration that result in drivers/ide trying to drive part or all of 
that controller, preventing libata from doing so. Likely the easiest 
thing to do is just set CONFIG_IDE=n entirely..

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Robert Hancock      Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Re: 2.6.22.5 SATA Failure

[Dong Feng]

2007/8/26, Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>:
>
> It looks like you have some CONFIG_IDE options enabled in your kernel
> configuration that result in drivers/ide trying to drive part or all of
> that controller, preventing libata from doing so. Likely the easiest
> thing to do is just set CONFIG_IDE=n entirely..
>
> --
> Robert Hancock      Saskatoon, SK, Canada
> To email, remove "nospam" from hancockr@nospamshaw.ca
> Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/
>
>

The SATA works with 2.6.22.5 after CONFIG_IDE =n being set.

Thank you very much.