From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sven Lemke Subject: sata_promise - another sata dvd writer problem Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 16:35:11 +0200 Message-ID: <463DE79F.4070808@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]:53451 "EHLO fmmailgate03.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753682AbXEFOft (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 May 2007 10:35:49 -0400 Received: from smtp05.web.de (fmsmtp05.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.4.166]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F2B179809D7 for ; Sun, 6 May 2007 16:35:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [88.76.53.185] (helo=[192.168.178.22]) by smtp05.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.108 #197) id 1Hkhpy-0000io-00 for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 06 May 2007 16:35:46 +0200 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hi folks, I'm using kernel 2.6.21-mm1 and get strange problems when connecting my new SATA DVD writer to the TX2Plus Promise controller. It works with an slightly older kernel version though. And since I couldn't figure out who is responsible for the driver I decided to post my problem here. dmesg reads: sata_promise 0000:00:0b.0: version 2.05 ... ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata2.00: ATAPI, max UDMA/33 ata2.00: applying bridge limits ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S183L SB01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 ... ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen ata2.00: (port_status 0x20200000) ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 0 res 40/00:02:00:60:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x5 (timeout) ata2: soft resetting port ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 ata2: EH complete ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen ata2.00: (port_status 0x20200000) ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 0 res 40/00:02:00:60:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x5 (timeout) ata2: soft resetting port ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 ata2: EH complete ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen ata2.00: (port_status 0x20200000) ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 0 res 40/00:02:00:60:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x5 (timeout) ata2: soft resetting port ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 ata2: EH complete ata2.00: limiting speed to UDMA/25:PIO4 ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen ata2.00: (port_status 0x20200000) ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 0 res 40/00:02:00:60:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x5 (timeout) ata2: soft resetting port ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata2.00: configured for UDMA/25 ata2: EH complete ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen ata2.00: (port_status 0x20200000) ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 0 res 40/00:02:00:60:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x5 (timeout) ata2: soft resetting port ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata2.00: configured for UDMA/25 ata2: EH complete ... ~ Then I have to disconnect the drive to continue booting. I hope this can be fixed soon. Thanks, Sven