From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Darcy Subject: Re: [git patches] 2.6.x libata updates Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 20:35:18 +0000 Message-ID: <43BC3186.8060103@projecthugo.co.uk> References: <20060103164319.GA402@havoc.gtf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from host81-138-64-234.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([81.138.64.234]:17606 "HELO alesi.projecthugo.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965231AbWADUf0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 15:35:26 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20060103164319.GA402@havoc.gtf.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Jeff Garzik wrote: >Please pull from 'upstream' branch of >master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git > >to receive the following updates: > > Well I've been using this update now for a few days. For my own personal problem (sata_mv stability) I see both positive and negative results over both 2.6.15-rc5-mm3 and 2.6.15 First postitive: The bug I was experiening of a raid array 5 array not being visiable or startable due to array disks being not being seen as part of the array after a reboot appears to have gone. I say appears to as I can't test this %100 due to the negative aspect of this kernel. the array starts building - no problems gets about %35 through, and the whole machine just hangs total lock up. The reason this is still positive is because when I reboot the box, the unfinished md starts rebuilding again, suggesting that this kernel actually sees all the disks in the array after a reboot (which 2.6.15-rc5-mm3 wasn't) the hang of the system is pretty fatal though. I'd be interested in what other people are seeing with this kernel tree. I'm about to test a theroy of building the array with 2.6.15-rc5-mm3 which can build the array fine, but it dissapears after a reboot, but on reboot I'll reboot into the latest libata-git kernel to see if the disks are visible. thoughts or personal experiences (or requests for info on solving some of these problems) welcome. Thanks, Matt