Re: problems with SATA: 2.6.7 working, -bk12/13/-mm4 not

[dth@ncc1701.cistron.net (Danny ter Haar)]

Jeff Garzik  <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
>Can you try:
>* disabling combined mode in BIOS

Not at this point, since it's 35 kilometers away and only linux serial
console at this moment, so no way to change the bios.

>* finding which -bk snapshot breaks your system

for i in 1 2 3 4 5
> do
> cp -a linux-2.6.7 linux-2.6.7-bk$i
> done

:-) cpu cycles put to compile ...

>* acpi=off (disabling ACPI)
>* noapic

Will do this at first compiled kernel.

>* copying the following files verbatim into your 2.6.7-{bk12,bk13,mm4} tree:
>	drivers/scsi/libata*.[ch]
>	drivers/scsi/ata_*.c
>	drivers/scsi/sata_*.[ch]
>	include/linux/libata.h
>	include/linux/ata.h

will get back.

Danny

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