From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1VS2tp-0005GJ-VE for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:46:21 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53921) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VS2tf-0005E6-6L for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:46:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VS2tW-0007Y4-Q0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:46:11 -0400 Received: from mail-ea0-x236.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c01::236]:61684) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VS2tW-0007Xz-Hi for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:46:02 -0400 Received: by mail-ea0-f182.google.com with SMTP id o10so1730760eaj.13 for ; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 03:46:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=Ti4/nPbvkyM0D2HolVAIUh/2SxnbEf5e18471Q08qvk=; b=Yd4LCiv8my3yKFc0WsBO5ReeeCOZm0ZvODTPLT2mcz+Pr056h2ttUMKtlyOtcJy7Ob 8zXEvG1P/14mJy5olYnsqIj+g+P7TAONiwUS9QmCBTJcWoT+TO+ErFjJ1oGwzcEzwuGx kAh1H8N1gncUksUbzDmwRDeB4AF0vO2bxFb2AVGtRIy8N8Vk8v973Rmqzv0jGiew6sVB KyfM7SoFm7aelY0hZuPXjz69zNPXyqFHslhn2Uww5PWd0t34OIjIdOy7X8PLOFL08ors WHUwydk4itSjU5XihvOqpN1CmvkrqxEWmAKiv2B9X3+QSfXriVlqaUZyU3X10Ml0fPXJ ROnA== X-Received: by 10.15.23.69 with SMTP id g45mr1045482eeu.90.1380883561446; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 03:46:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.113] (31-249.1-85.cust.bluewin.ch. [85.1.249.31]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id h52sm26626068eez.3.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 04 Oct 2013 03:46:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <524E9C67.2010408@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:45:59 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130821 Icedove/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: trouble (very slow reads -- disk or controller resets?) with Marvell 88SE92xx PCIe card References: <524E3AAA.501@fifthhorseman.net> In-Reply-To: <524E3AAA.501@fifthhorseman.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="----enig2EOSVCGHFQRRLFLEJCTQD" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4013:c01::236 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 10:46:19 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) ------enig2EOSVCGHFQRRLFLEJCTQD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > this makes me think that grub is causing the SATA controller to reset > itself with every disk read or something, and then grub is waiting for > it to come back to life before carrying on. On i386-pc GRUB uses BIOS calls to access disks. I'd suggest updating Option ROM and/or BIOS. I take no responsibility if your update fails in any way or results in bricked system. You can also try using --disk-module=3Dnative. ------enig2EOSVCGHFQRRLFLEJCTQD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREKAAYFAlJOnGcACgkQNak7dOguQgkWkgD/f7OF3rbldSBxkmAvbARNChT0 Y7wTW2pLecO+DWqQChAA/iHQWiIxAJwHs0S5SNTGqa6D5/c7dXuZ/IvT4+flGBCQ =BuqK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------enig2EOSVCGHFQRRLFLEJCTQD--