From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brad Campbell Subject: Re: Fun with HPT302N (Rocket Raid 1520 PCI card) Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:26:39 +0400 Message-ID: <4548927F.10804@wasp.net.au> References: <23724.1161684269@redhat.com> <454869C8.9000103@pobox.com> <1162383443.11965.109.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from wasp.net.au ([203.190.192.17]:10374 "EHLO wasp.net.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751353AbWKAM1b (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Nov 2006 07:27:31 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1162383443.11965.109.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Cc: Jeff Garzik , David Howells , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > Ar Mer, 2006-11-01 am 04:32 -0500, ysgrifennodd Jeff Garzik: >> I think the newer HPTs present a pata_hpt*.c compatible interface, even >> though the card is driving SATA devices. > > Some of the cards using HPT3xx chips for SATA are PATA chips with > bridges so it may well be such a card. I really need to know what > happens if you plug a drive in. > Here is a complete dmesg from a Rocketraid 1540 (htp37x with bridges) if it helps. (4 ports, 3 have drives and the 4th exhibits the failure David is seeing) http://www.nabble.com/2.6.19-rc3-pata_hpt37x-dying-with-%22irq-16:-nobody-cared%22-t2504272.html I still have this in a machine dedicated for testing if you need more info. Brad -- "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams