From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: 2.6.23.1 - sata_mv (7042) hang with large file operations Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:56:39 -0500 Message-ID: <473B36D7.8000205@rtr.ca> References: <45ED682A.9040408@garzik.org> <4728A816.8020608@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:2475 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750971AbXKNR4k (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:56:40 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: "Morrison, Tom" Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Morrison, Tom wrote: > All, > > I apologize if this has been discussed - but I haven't been > able to find exactly what I am looking for in the discussions > the last few weeks... > > I am running Linux 2.6.23.1 and have a 7042 SATA driver running > (that seems to run very well) - it has the fixes talked about > between Jeff & Olaf (mv_sg_fill changes).... > > The problem comes ONLY when I am doing large file operations > (e.g.: just copying a file) to/from the SATA drives behind > the subject line 7042....it just hangs after about 10-15 > seconds into the copy... > > How large a file causes the hang - you ask - well, somewhere > between 100Meg & 500Meg... > > In all other respects - this driver seems to be working... > > Is there a known problem - or do I need to describe in more > detail? > > Thanks in advance for any / all ideas / questions /...etc .. Can you give me exact details of how to set up and reproduce this? -- Kernel version -- number/config/model of drives -- exact command line sequence to cause the failure Thanks