From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Sata 4726 Testing Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:54:03 +0900 Message-ID: <4782F3DB.6000906@gmail.com> References: <4769A17A.8070806@shaw.ca> <4769F974.2020905@gmail.com> <476D16E2.1050909@shaw.ca> <47824F69.6080007@gmail.com> <4782A79E.5000607@shaw.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ro-out-1112.google.com ([72.14.202.178]:1230 "EHLO ro-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754106AbYAHDyL (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jan 2008 22:54:11 -0500 Received: by ro-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id p4so2208922roc.5 for ; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:54:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4782A79E.5000607@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 Hello, Andrew Ryder wrote: > Yes the issue is still there. I have also tried it with 2.6.24-rc6-git4. > > BootLog1.txt > 2.6.24-rc6-git4: machine booting up, drive array on before machine is > powered on, drive array is configured as one large disk (RAID-1). > > Bootlog2.txt > Same kernel as #1, system has been up for a day or two, drive array was > turned off after the boot failure in #1 and I turned it on again to see > if it made any difference. > > Bootlog3.txt > Booted system, drive array already on, kernel 2.6.24-rc6 and the drive > array was configured as one large disk (RAID-1). > > Bootlog4.txt > Same as #3, but drive array was configured in JBOD mode. > > If you have any not too dangerous fixes you want to test, let me know. I > can give them a try on my hardware here. Hmmmm... This is weird. I have two reports on addonics reporting the same problem now. In boot log 1 and 3, the first fan-out port (ata1.00) is down while on 2 and 4, the link is up. Was there any hardware configuration change? 4726 is known to malfunction if the first port isn't occupied. Thanks. -- tejun