From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: IDE kernel traces in 2.6.9 - Bad IRQ ? Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:13:03 -0500 Message-ID: <4184C8BF.5080602@pobox.com> References: <418421E9.6000809@ipom.com> <4184C60C.9010407@ipom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:26093 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261578AbUJaLNQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:13:16 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4184C60C.9010407@ipom.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Phil Dibowitz Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Phil Dibowitz wrote: > Phil Dibowitz wrote: > >> I just upgraded my computer, compiled a new kernel appropriately, and >> I'm getting a ton of kernel issues surrounding the IDE driver. I tried >> a generic debian kernel as well, but same issue. Here are the >> tracebacks I get during boot: >> >> Oct 30 15:56:19 rider kernel: ide0 at 0xefe0-0xefe7,0xefae on irq 5 >> Oct 30 15:56:19 rider kernel: hda: max request size: 128KiB > > > So, it turns out if I change the IDE Configuration in my BIOS to be > "Compatible mode" instead of "Enhanced Mode", this is fixed completely. > All my drives work flawelessly. > > Any idea what, if any, features I'm missing, or how to make linux work > with "enhanced mode" ? Sounds like you're not using CONFIG_SCSI_SATA for your SATA? Jeff