2.6.17 on VIA SP8000 sata: via_sata timeout (cmd 0xef) (retry)

2.6.17 on VIA SP8000 sata: via_sata timeout (cmd 0xef) (retry)

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Hello Jeff and others,

While 2.6.16.2 runs quite OK on my VIA SP8000 Epia system, 2.6.17 gives
(with the same config where possible) a sata problem on bootup, it gives
a via_sata timeout(cmd 0xef). (the letters were small to make the stuff
not scroll off the TV)
Immediately rebooting into 2.6.16.2 gives a nice clean bootup.

The drive is a SAMSUNG HD160JJ. Hardware has not changed and the .config
for the kernel compile was not modified except for version differences.

Did I miss something? Is my hardware starting te get picky about linux
kernel version numbers? Or getting defective?
Any ideas?

Kind regards,
Udo

Re: 2.6.17 on VIA SP8000 sata: via_sata timeout (cmd 0xef) (retry)

[Sergey Vlasov]

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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:40:54 +0200 Udo van den Heuvel wrote:

> While 2.6.16.2 runs quite OK on my VIA SP8000 Epia system, 2.6.17 gives
> (with the same config where possible) a sata problem on bootup, it gives
> a via_sata timeout(cmd 0xef). (the letters were small to make the stuff
> not scroll off the TV)
> Immediately rebooting into 2.6.16.2 gives a nice clean bootup.

For some reason I suspect that VIA IRQ quirk again...

Can you try to revert these patches from 2.6.17:

http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=a7b862f663d81858531dfccc0537bc9d8a2a4121

http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=75cf7456dd87335f574dcd53c4ae616a2ad71a11

Alternatively, you may try 2.6.16.17 - if it breaks in the same way, and
2.6.16.16 works, this is most likely that VIA IRQ problem (and reverting
the same patches from 2.6.16.17 should fix it).

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Re: 2.6.17 on VIA SP8000 sata: via_sata timeout (cmd 0xef) (retry) FIXED!!

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Sergey Vlasov wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:40:54 +0200 Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
> 
>> While 2.6.16.2 runs quite OK on my VIA SP8000 Epia system, 2.6.17 gives
>> (with the same config where possible) a sata problem on bootup, it gives
>> a via_sata timeout(cmd 0xef). (the letters were small to make the stuff
>> not scroll off the TV)
>> Immediately rebooting into 2.6.16.2 gives a nice clean bootup.
> 
> For some reason I suspect that VIA IRQ quirk again...
> 
> Can you try to revert these patches from 2.6.17:
> 
> http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=a7b862f663d81858531dfccc0537bc9d8a2a4121
> 
> http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=75cf7456dd87335f574dcd53c4ae616a2ad71a11

I undid both patches manually and reinstated
DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_ENABLE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, PCI_ANY_ID, quirk_via_irq);.
This made 2.6.17 boot again. Thanks VERY much for the tip!

My PCI stuff, if that is useful:

[root@recorder pci]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN400/PM880 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN400/PM880 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN400/PM880 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN400/PM880 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN400/PM880 Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN400/PM880 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host
Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID
Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge
[KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II]
(rev 78)
00:14.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. S3 Unichrome
Pro VGA Adapter (rev 02)
[root@recorder pci]# lspci -n
00:00.0 0600: 1106:0259
00:00.1 0600: 1106:1259
00:00.2 0600: 1106:2259
00:00.3 0600: 1106:3259
00:00.4 0600: 1106:4259
00:00.7 0600: 1106:7259
00:01.0 0604: 1106:b198
00:0d.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev 80)
00:0f.0 0101: 1106:3149 (rev 80)
00:0f.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
00:10.0 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
00:10.1 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
00:10.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
00:10.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
00:10.4 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 86)
00:11.0 0601: 1106:3227
00:11.5 0401: 1106:3059 (rev 60)
00:12.0 0200: 1106:3065 (rev 78)
00:14.0 0480: 1131:7146 (rev 01)
01:00.0 0300: 1106:3118 (rev 02)