From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Libata-tj-stable patch /w sil3124 and PMP... 'device or resource busy' Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:55:26 +0900 Message-ID: <44E1C43E.1020302@gmail.com> References: <44E105A7.3030900@grokthis.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com ([64.233.162.202]:31874 "EHLO nz-out-0102.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965088AbWHOMzd (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:55:33 -0400 Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id n1so566774nzf for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:55:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <44E105A7.3030900@grokthis.net> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Eric Windisch Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Eric Windisch wrote: > First, I should note that I've attempted to use the latest > libata-tj-stable patch, against 2.6.17.4 and 2.6.17.7 (it patched > cleanly), and I've tried 2.6.18-rc3. All three have given me either the > same, or a worse result. My controller is a sil3124, I have 5 sata > drives, and I'm using a couple sil 3726 PMPs (to support a potential > maximum of 12 drives with my Norco 1220 disk array). > > Regarding the behavior, while I can see all 5 disks, and even partition > them (iirc, parted worked, but fdisk didn't), and see my created > partitions, when attempting to use 'mdadm --create', I get the error: > "Device or resource busy". mkfs.ext3 gives a similar error as well. > The disks are not mounted or otherwise being accessed (such as via > software raid or lvm). Hello, Eric. Can you post the result of 'dmesg', 'cat /proc/mounts' and 'fuser -v /dev/sdX#'? -- tejun