From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rasmus Melgaard Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: sata_sil problems (lockup at boottime)] Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 15:39:35 +0100 Message-ID: <200502081539.35528.rme@image.dk> References: <4208483C.2060808@comcast.net> <200502081136.05737.rme@image.dk> <420859A7.2000407@comcast.net> Reply-To: rme@image.dk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: from smarthost3.tiscali.dk ([62.79.79.29]:31951 "EHLO smarthost3.tiscali.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261539AbVBHOju (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:39:50 -0500 In-Reply-To: <420859A7.2000407@comcast.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Doug McLain Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Well I had no problems in windows either! ... try loading bios setup defaults settings or/and upgrade bios. /rasmus On Tuesday 08 February 2005 07:18, Doug McLain wrote: > In my case the MB is an A7N8X, and that option is nowhere to be found in > my bios. My hardware lockup only occurs in linux, and the drive works > fine in windows. Also, if I load the sil_sata driver with the drive not > attatched, it loads fine, as reported by the others as well. Only if the > drive is attatched, does a hard lock occur after a modprobe. > > Thanks anyway > > Rasmus Melgaard wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I had problems with the sata_sil (pci sil3112) at boot time, the problem > > was bios settings for the PCI bus. I disabled 'BYTE MERGE' on my Asus A7V > > board and i worked. > > > >Rasmus > > > >On Tuesday 08 February 2005 06:03, Doug McLain wrote: > >>Any word on this? It's been reported here a few times now. > >> > >>I am having exactly the same problem, the only difference being the > >>model of drive. Mine is a WD2000. The sata_sil module loads ok though, > >>if the drive is not connected. If it is connected, hard lock. Tested > >>on 2.4.25, 2.6.9, 2.6.10. > >> > >>Doug > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Encapsulated message > >> > >> > >>Re: sata_sil problems (lockup at boottime) > >> > >> > >>From: > >>Doug McLain > >> > >> > >>To: > >>Gerald Hopf , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > >> > >> > >>Date: > >>2005-01-10 16:34 > >> > >>Gerald Hopf wrote: > >>>Hello everyone, > >>> > >>>i'm having some really strange problems with the sata_sil driver. > >>> > >>>My hardware: > >>>Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev 1.x with onboard Sil3112 Controller > >>>- Samsung SP1614C SATA Harddrive > >>>- for further testing : PATA to SATA Adapter that came with an ABIT > >>>Mainboard > >>> > >>>What i'm trying to accomplish: i'm trying to use this Samsung SATA > >>>harddrive in my Linux Fileserver: > >>> > >>>When the Silicon Image Controller is enabled (it can be disabled by a > >>>jumper) and no harddrive is connected, everything boots fine. > >>>If i connect a harddrive, i get the following message (exact messages > >>>change slightly) while booting: > >>> > >>>- - - - - START - - - - - > >>>====================== > >>>[] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 > >>>[] __do_softirq+0x30/0x90 > >>>[] do_softirq+0x41/0x50 > >>>====================== > >>>[] irq_exit+0x34/0x40 > >>>[] do_IRQ+9x45/0x60 > >>>[] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 > >>>[] delay_tsc+0x14/0x20 > >>>[] __delay+0x12/0x20 > >>>[] ata_pio_complet+0xe0/0x1f0 > >>>[] ata_pio_test+0x95/0xb0 > >>>[] worker_thread+0x1cc/0x290 > >>>[] ata_pio_task+0x0/0xb0 > >>>[] default_wake_function+0x0/0x20 > >>>[] default_wake_function+0x0/0x20 > >>>[] worker_thread+0x0/0x290 > >>>[] kthread+0xa5/0xb0 > >>>[] kthread+0x0/0xb0 > >>>[] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x14 > >>>handlers: > >>>[] (ata_interrupt+0x0/0x1c0) > >>>Disabling IRQ #11 > >>>ata: dev 0 ATA, max UDMA/100, 361882080 sectors: lba 48 > >>>_ > >>>- - - - - END - - - - - > >>> > >>>This happens with both the Samsung SP1614C "native" SATA drive, as well > >>>as with an IBM 180GB PATA drive, using a PATA-to-SATA Adapter. > >>>So i'm not sure whether this is harddrive dependent, but at least it > >>>doesn't look like it... > >>> > >>>This problem has been there in all of the latest 2.6.X kernel revisions. > >>>I'm currently using 2.6.10-rc3 (which came out today), but i've allready > >>>had this problem in 2.6.9 and 2.6.8 and probably even 2.6.7 if i > >>>remember correctly. > >>> > >>>I tried quite a lot to get rid of those problems, including: > >>>- Flashing a new/different Bios (even with different versions of the > >>>Silicon Image SATA Bios part: 4.2.47 and 4.2.50) > >>>- Disabling APIC in the Bios, compiling Kernel with or without APIC > >>>- Changing the IRQ of the Controller by reserving IRQ#11 in the Bios > >>>- Disabling allmost every other onboard device i could, including > >>>serial/parallel/usb/firewire/3com lan (and there are no PCI/Addon cards > >>>besides an nvidia geforce2mx agp card installed in this pc anyway!) > >>>- Connecting drives to both ports > >>> > >>>I found the following discussions which might be related to what i'm > >>>experiencing, but noone seems to have a solution. Some seem to suggest > >>>it worked fine till 2.6.5: > >>>(The first two seem to be most related, i'm not so sure of the third > >>> one) http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-26543.html > >>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=128180 > >>>http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-23028.html > >>> > >>>Screenshots of the error messages can be found here: > >>>http://www.nv-systems.net/pics/lkml/sata_sil1.jpg <-- the one from above > >>>http://www.nv-systems.net/pics/lkml/sata_sil2.jpg <-- with samsung > >>>instead of ibm > >>>http://www.nv-systems.net/pics/lkml/sata_sil3.jpg <-- the screen just > >>>before the problem > >>> > >>>Is there ANYTHING i can do (except buying a promise controller) ? > >>> > >>>Yours sincerely, > >>> Gerald > >> > >>I am having exactly the same problem, the only difference being the > >>model of drive. Mine is a WD2000. The sata_sil module loads ok though, > >>if the drive is not connected. If it is connected, hard lock. Tested > >>on 2.4.25, 2.6.9, 2.6.10. > >> > >>Doug > >> > >>-- > >>http://nostar.net/ > >>- > >>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" > >> in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > >>More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >>Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>End of encapsulated message > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html