From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Dibowitz Subject: Re: sata_promise ata exceptions (2.6.20.6) Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:01:10 -0700 Message-ID: <461A6346.8070501@ipom.com> References: <200704091018.l39AI9tg020015@harpo.it.uu.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig43BE94CC20E4995A2AA3270A" Return-path: Received: from mail.ipom.com ([209.40.128.125]:37603 "EHLO uberhacker.sage-inc.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966070AbXDIQB0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Apr 2007 12:01:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200704091018.l39AI9tg020015@harpo.it.uu.se> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mikael Pettersson Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig43BE94CC20E4995A2AA3270A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mikael Pettersson wrote: > I've seen reports of issues like these with second-generation > Promise SATA chips and SATAII (3Gbps) drives, but this is the > first time I've seen any issues with a first-generation chip. >=20 > 1. Please try 2.6.21-rc6 plus the following two patches: > http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.6/patch-sata_promise-1-s= eparate-sata-pata-ops-2.6.21-rc6 > http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.6/patch-sata_promise-2-e= rror_intr-2.6.21-rc6 >=20 > This probably won't eliminate the errors, but should improve > the level of detail in the error messages. I'll do this tonight and send updated logs, thanks. > 2. Try with a better power supply and verify that cooling is OK. > Also verify that the SATA data and power cables are firmly attached.= My power supply is well over-sized for my machine (Antec 480W), so that shouldn't be a problem. I double checked all my SATA data and power cable= s. I also tried switching from SATA-power to PATA-power cables (my drives support both) to see if that made a difference (it didn't). I've reseated= my cables, switched cable order, etc. to see if I had a bad cable, but no evidence I do. > We've seen several reports of mysterious issues that eventually > were traced to insufficient power supplies or poorly seated > PCI cards (but in your case the chip is integrated on the mobo). Understandable. I saw several reports like that on the list, and hence tr= ied the above. Thanks for your time, I'll get you updated logs tonight. --=20 Phil Dibowitz phil@ipom.com Open Source software and tech docs Insanity Palace of Metallica http://www.phildev.net/ http://www.ipom.com/ "Never write it in C if you can do it in 'awk'; Never do it in 'awk' if 'sed' can handle it; Never use 'sed' when 'tr' can do the job; Never invoke 'tr' when 'cat' is sufficient; Avoid using 'cat' whenever possible" -- Taylor's Laws of Programming --------------enig43BE94CC20E4995A2AA3270A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGGmNQN5XoxaHnMrsRAnSmAKCdovf4iqwfGIgZU07xvAu72ueYWACfQkO1 2VV5ElgxCccmszpuDmmqYBI= =vlLz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig43BE94CC20E4995A2AA3270A--