Re: Problem with pata_amd/sata_nv on ASRock Penryn1600SLI-110dB board

[Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>]

Andreas Bierfert wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I got the above mentioned board [1] two weeks ago with a Q6600 cpu. I am running
> Fedora 8 x86_64. While using 2.6.23, the attached cdrom/dvd drives went all
> crazy together with a nice error message of the hdd from time to time.
> 
> After switching to 2.6.24 the cd drives were useful again but the hdd error
> still occurs, effectively in the worst case making the system fs unusable and
> requiring a hard reset. The error seems to appear randomly and I cannot
> reproduce it by causing e.g. high disk usage...
> 
> See http://lowlatency.de/kbug/{dmesg,error,lspci} for the 2.6.23 and
> http://lowlatency.de/kbug/{dmesg,error,lspci}-2.6.24 for the corresponding logs.
> 
> I first thought the bug was related to the pata drives so I switched some drives
> around to only have sata hdds and only the cd/dvd drives on the pata controller
> (see http://lowlatency.de/kbug/dmesg-newest). Still the same error (just other
> ata numbers of course) for the hdd. Just to note => it also is a different
> hdd so I would rule out defective hardware. Current setup is with these
> harddisks http://lowlatency.de/kbug/hdparamI and I am still seeing the error.
> 
> Also tried with noapic parameter set at boot time.
> 
> Would be cool if anyone has some clues. If more information or tests are needed
> let me know.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Andreas Bierfert
> 
> [1] - http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=Penryn1600SLI-110dB

Does running "hal-disable-polling /dev/sr0" and "hal-disable-polling
/dev/sr1" after boot remove the problems and keep the drives usable?

-- 
tejun