From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Sata 4726 Testing Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:12:25 +0900 Message-ID: <47824F69.6080007@gmail.com> References: <4769A17A.8070806@shaw.ca> <4769F974.2020905@gmail.com> <476D16E2.1050909@shaw.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.236]:52404 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754245AbYAGQMe (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:12:34 -0500 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so1590784nze.1 for ; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:12:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <476D16E2.1050909@shaw.ca> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Andrew Ryder Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Andrew Ryder wrote: > I've attached the boot log from the 2.6.24-rc5 kernel. The problem > repeats itself in the same manner as with the 2.6.23 kernel with the > libata patches. > > Here is the info on the sata controller and HPM. > > Addonics: > > - 4 port Sata II Raid5 HBA with the SIL3124 (ADSA4R5) > - Mini-Storage tower with HPM (AD5SAHPM-E) > - 2 meter eSata cable > - One IDE-Sata converter for each IDE drive (ADIDESA) > > I have 4 seagate 300GB IDE drives installed in the storage tower, each > drive has an ide-sata converter installed on it, and the HPM running in > JBOD mode. > > I have upgraded the firmware on the HBA to the latest available from SI > (6.4.09) and the HPM in the storage tower is running the latest version > also (1.2061) > > Once the driver has finished attempting to initialize the hardware, the > first hard drive is accessible, the 2nd drive is partially detected, but > unusable. If I try and run fdisk on the 2nd drive, fdisk reports that > "You must set cylinders" before attempting partitioning. The 3rd and 4th > drives are not detected at all. > > I have tried the sata controller and HPM under windows 2000, and > everything worked without issue. > > I did try previously configuring the HPM in Raid 1 mode to treat the > storage tower as one large disk and this configuration worked without > issue in Linux or windows. Since I returned the unit to JBOD mode, there > have been some additional errors about trying to access beyond the end > of the first drive on the HPM. > > If theres any other information you need, please let me know. > > Thanks > > Here is my system config, software environment and boot logs: > > > Hardware: > Asus SK8V > Opteron 144 > 2GB Memory > Adaptec 29160N > 1 U160 18GB scsi drive > 1 Ultra scsi cd-rom > 2 ide drives > 2 ide cdroms > Intel Pro/1000 network card > ATI Radeon 9600 AGP > Creative Audigy2 sound card Do you still see this problem on rc6? -- tejun