From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Subject: Re: System freezes with kernel >2.6.19 - sata_nv Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 02:19:42 +0200 Message-ID: <4636879E.1030201@yahoo.de> References: <46351BE2.70901@yahoo.de> <4635BF4A.3050509@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187]:56678 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946207AbXEAATy (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:19:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4635BF4A.3050509@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Robert Hancock Tejun Heo wrote: > Stefan wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> yesterday I upgraded kernel 2.6.19 to 2.6.20 (gentoo kernel). Now my >> box locks up about 10 min after boot. >> After that I tested with a vanilla 2.6.21.1 it shows the same behavior. >> I'm attaching a kern log file from the 2.6.20. The 2.6.21.1 locked up so >> hard, that there was no trace left in the log file. >> If I switch back to 2.6.19 everything is fine again. >> If necessary I will hook up a laptop to this box, so I can capture >> messages via netconsole. >> > > Yes please. > > >> This machine is running an AMD X2 64, NFORCE4 (ASUS A8N-E) >> >> I haven't been following the development of libata for a while, but from >> the 2.6.20 changelog It looks like there have been some major changes. >> >> Just let me know what kind of information you need in order to narrow it >> down. >> > > Does giving 'sata_nv.adma=0' kernel parameter make any difference? > > It seems like switching off adma works. I didn't experience any problems within the last few hours. Just to mention I also use windows 2003 on this box with NCQ enabled (I think the nvidia driver there states that ncq is active). Should I recompile the kernel with some debugging options enabled?