From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: chiwihouse@aol.com
Cc: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10507] New: Kernel fails to properly identify SATA drives
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:46:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080422204637.b45f5074.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bug-10507-10286@http.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
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> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:38:07 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10507
>
> Summary: Kernel fails to properly identify SATA drives
> Product: Platform Specific/Hardware
> Version: 2.5
> KernelVersion: kernels from 2.6.24 to 2.6.25
> Platform: All
> OS/Version: Linux
> Tree: Mainline
> Status: NEW
> Severity: blocking
> Priority: P1
> Component: x86-64
> AssignedTo: platform_x86_64@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
> ReportedBy: chiwihouse@aol.com
>
>
> Latest working kernel version: 2.6.22.9 and 2.6.23.17
>
> Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.24
>
> Distribution: Ubuntu x86_64
>
> Hardware Environment: Asus M2R32-MVP 580X SB600 (AM2)
> AMD X2 4000+
> 4GB DDR2
> SATAII HDD
> SATA DVD R/W
>
> Software Environment: Ubuntu Gutsy w/ distribution kernel (2.6.22-14)
>
> Problem Description: All 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 kernels fail to boot properly, with
> the following error looping indefinitely:
>
> ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
> ata2.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
>
> The above correspond to my two SATA physical drives. All 2.6.22 and 2.6.23
> kernels work perfectly on this same machine. Was there some type of change
> starting with the 2.6.24 kernels that is rendering my PC inoperable?
> I have tried looking for similar reports on this, and so far I have only found
> one entry on the mailing list that deals with the same issue. The problem was
> apparently solved by a BIOS flash to the latest revision, which I'm reluctant
> to do since the newest BIOS from ASUS has several bugs that renders my
> particular system unusable.
>
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> Using the 0906 BIOS revision for the M2R32-MVP motherboard and SATA drives.
>
I expect this regression is due to ata, rater than being caused by changes
to the underlying platform support.
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