From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erik Slagter Subject: Re: Dreaded PDC irq nobody cared Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:04:56 +0200 Message-ID: <1128506696.4964.28.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1128079936.6097.16.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1128329273.4237.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; boundary="=-QsEolGu/2uu0Z6Dbl/tz" Return-path: Received: from mx1.wlz.nl ([194.53.3.6]:3785 "HELO mx1.wlz.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965095AbVJEKFJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 06:05:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1128329273.4237.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Linux IDE --=-QsEolGu/2uu0Z6Dbl/tz Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 10:47 +0200, Erik Slagter wrote: > > - is there any chance booting with noapic would make a difference? I > > must say my apic is a bit flaky (according to the logs) >=20 > BTW I tried noapic, it did seem to work for two days, but then again > crashed with the same problem :-( I have played around a little more and found these interesting results. - The difference between having or having not the stuck interrupt seems to be the forced cooling of the attached harddisks; I find this also very hard to believe, but it is very reproducable; so to anyone having problems with the promise sata controllers I'd recommend buying dedicated harddisk coolers. - I did a test run with disabling of "stuck" interrupts disabled and I can say: the interrupt is really stuck, it's no kernel bug; after some time I rebooted and the controller (or harddisk) still was in a confused state (no booting possible at all), only after an hour it started working again; indeed looks like a heat problem. --=-QsEolGu/2uu0Z6Dbl/tz Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature; name=smime.p7s Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=smime.p7s Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 MIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAqCAMIACAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAQAAoIIGFjCCAs8w ggI4oAMCAQICAw9TczANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFADBiMQswCQYDVQQGEwJaQTElMCMGA1UEChMcVGhh d3RlIENvbnN1bHRpbmcgKFB0eSkgTHRkLjEsMCoGA1UEAxMjVGhhd3RlIFBlcnNvbmFsIEZyZWVt YWlsIElzc3VpbmcgQ0EwHhcNMDUwODE4MTE1NDA1WhcNMDYwODE4MTE1NDA1WjBDMR8wHQYDVQQD ExZUaGF3dGUgRnJlZW1haWwgTWVtYmVyMSAwHgYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhFlcmlrQHNsYWd0ZXIubmFt ZTCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBANAMKW15OgreNb+Wd++Xcw6uNJUXXIfX 56u1rtTObMmbbDY2wNc4Iqwbuwaysvox3z+YElXBibE8BAyV1iMjhee4mOfAy38dGHtWDxhOGke8 VpkyY8DSWgMN5p4egTiT6YNdHW75iiQ+Vh5zMHju1UXnIqgf5zkUGkNuxYp15jLZvRDbfA5H+Sil jbZGB2fiPOJHpyI61ZidcMgdow31qm70/oe6vXxhSZLzo7OLvExE+mQHwbCSIJMN/hPTK1z0lmQ1 kkaEjHrefqIgoF9Dk/WfOtulzvR3xBzDL50GZ32BxT/OhXYe1SHEJpSM1S/aq8TBQJYwjzREWyDh 0OYsmr0CAwEAAaMuMCwwHAYDVR0RBBUwE4ERZXJpa0BzbGFndGVyLm5hbWUwDAYDVR0TAQH/BAIw ADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFAAOBgQCCpzoneRQIKsUO8zSnwQ7yhJTrS/EaDibiIVrkkCbzXwCiHFAi 7nmTRF0DlLVF3Ssf97ITWT/RSdkj9Xke0OHH7724PJdfpA6OglMnx2i7IcJLzPgPjB+fOmfR0nYX UYKuzGxTOXmshLmPcwKdpFuRLLk7n+vrTAwJYJI++crhJzCCAz8wggKooAMCAQICAQ0wDQYJKoZI hvcNAQEFBQAwgdExCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMRUwEwYDVQQIEwxXZXN0ZXJuIENhcGUxEjAQBgNVBAcT CUNhcGUgVG93bjEaMBgGA1UEChMRVGhhd3RlIENvbnN1bHRpbmcxKDAmBgNVBAsTH0NlcnRpZmlj YXRpb24gU2VydmljZXMgRGl2aXNpb24xJDAiBgNVBAMTG1RoYXd0ZSBQZXJzb25hbCBGcmVlbWFp bCBDQTErMCkGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYccGVyc29uYWwtZnJlZW1haWxAdGhhd3RlLmNvbTAeFw0wMzA3 MTcwMDAwMDBaFw0xMzA3MTYyMzU5NTlaMGIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMSUwIwYDVQQKExxUaGF3dGUg Q29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQuMSwwKgYDVQQDEyNUaGF3dGUgUGVyc29uYWwgRnJlZW1haWwg SXNzdWluZyBDQTCBnzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOBjQAwgYkCgYEAxKY8VXNV+065yplaHmjAdQRw nd/p/6Me7L3N9VvyGna9fww6YfK/Uc4B1OVQCjDXAmNaLIkVcI7dyfArhVqqP3FWy688Cwfn8R+R NiQqE88r1fOCdz0Dviv+uxg+B79AgAJk16emu59l0cUqVIUPSAR/p7bRPGEEQB5kGXJgt/sCAwEA AaOBlDCBkTASBgNVHRMBAf8ECDAGAQH/AgEAMEMGA1UdHwQ8MDowOKA2oDSGMmh0dHA6Ly9jcmwu dGhhd3RlLmNvbS9UaGF3dGVQZXJzb25hbEZyZWVtYWlsQ0EuY3JsMAsGA1UdDwQEAwIBBjApBgNV HREEIjAgpB4wHDEaMBgGA1UEAxMRUHJpdmF0ZUxhYmVsMi0xMzgwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQADgYEA SIzRUIPqCy7MDaNmrGcPf6+svsIXoUOWlJ1/TCG4+DYfqi2fNi/A9BxQIJNwPP2t4WFiw9k6GX6E sZkbAMUaC4J0niVQlGLH2ydxVyWN3amcOY6MIE9lX5Xa9/eH1sYITq726jTlEBpbNU1341YheILc IRk13iSx0x1G/11fZU8xggHvMIIB6wIBATBpMGIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMSUwIwYDVQQKExxUaGF3 dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQuMSwwKgYDVQQDEyNUaGF3dGUgUGVyc29uYWwgRnJlZW1h aWwgSXNzdWluZyBDQQIDD1NzMAkGBSsOAwIaBQCgXTAYBgkqhkiG9w0BCQMxCwYJKoZIhvcNAQcB MBwGCSqGSIb3DQEJBTEPFw0wNTEwMDUxMDA0NTZaMCMGCSqGSIb3DQEJBDEWBBR8ZSXqUbw3DUYE 3jCpJfXgUzmlHzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCAQBcnG8Ravui5/gY1/TbYHbFLVtiDE4bGol0fX5Y bYILTH0xne95xJ+ybkezScwvpN4GsRrkCARKqR1QZ204i/O6ps6opsXuLmGH7EaRvCFIb2DQ9V3C Pr+6IOxqrmQgFOfWwKhu7tTpsJSdFsLlz22HisBfwlonLuebyjuQKzErUP29oGljDVF6fOzoGiUu SVaDavCZ5BRky3tbXzksl72voV02G5e96h1uaeWzxWb2eRu7YzfJPiTQ7cCbmfgmAYEV8iaa0dcc RDAZoyW9vv3Ocwp3pYHUNZqjWIogOw1V5+ISFLi7tHMUE0iZzWpIHZ8Y8muSu5Q1TnbcdP3yQqvt AAAAAAAA --=-QsEolGu/2uu0Z6Dbl/tz--