From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: PROBLEM: SATA hotplugging not working with nForce MCP61 Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:29:24 +0900 Message-ID: <47A3FFB4.2010509@gmail.com> References: <20080128074336.GB2736@solitudo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.186]:20545 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760548AbYBBF3c (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Feb 2008 00:29:32 -0500 Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k20so969341rvb.1 for ; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:29:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20080128074336.GB2736@solitudo.net> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tuomas Jormola Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Tuomas Jormola wrote: > Hello, > > [1.] One line summary of the problem: > SATA hotplugging does not seem to work with NVIDIA nForce MCP61. > > [2.] Full description of the problem/report: > I have a machine with ASRock 939NF6G-VSTA motherboard (more info: > http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=939NF6G-VSTA). The SATA > functionality of the board is enabled by sata_nv driver. However, when I > tested hot plugging of a SATA hard disk, no hotplugging events were > generated when I detached the SATA cable from the disk. I tested the same > disk with an older machine which has MSI Neo Platinium motherboard with > nForce3 250Gb chipset, also driven by sata_nv driver, and hot plugging > was ok. Both experiments were done on the same kernel, Ubuntu gutsy > desktop installer/live CD was used to boot the machines. The attached > file sata_nv_hotplug_ok.txt is the kernel log of the latter system. At > around 814 the cable was detached from the drive and by 827 the disk was > removed from the running configuration. Then at around 871 the cable was > re-attached, and by 887 the disk was usable again. The file > sata_nv_hotplug_not_ok.txt contains kernel log of the machine with the > MCP61 chipset. When the cable is detached, nothing will be printed to the > log. I hope there is a solution to this problem. Can you please post the result of 'lspci -nn'? -- tejun