From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marc Dionne Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: [git patches] libata updates - (improve post-reset device ready test) regression Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 17:51:52 -0400 Message-ID: <482375F8.2090108@gmail.com> References: <20080506154847.GA15299@havoc.gtf.org> <20080507145616.GA2210@gentoox2.trippelsdorf.de> <48231DAF.7070900@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:47800 "EHLO relais.videotron.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1764873AbYEHVwE (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2008 17:52:04 -0400 In-reply-to: <48231DAF.7070900@garzik.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Markus Trippelsdorf , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , LKML , htejun@gmail.com, Takashi Iwai , dl9pf@gmx.de, bug-track@fisher-privat.net, sitsofe@yahoo.com 08/05/08 11:35 AM, Jeff Garzik: > Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: >>> Tejun Heo (12): >>> libata: improve post-reset device ready test >> >> This commit (78ab88f04f44bed566d51dce0c7cbfeff6449a06) causes a long >> boot delay with my onboard Promise controller. It seems like libata >> probes for a nonexisting PATA drive... >> >> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 >> scsi0 : sata_promise >> scsi1 : sata_promise >> scsi2 : sata_promise >> ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 mmio m4096@0xfb600000 port 0xfb600200 irq 18 >> ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 mmio m4096@0xfb600000 port 0xfb600280 irq 18 >> ata3: PATA max UDMA/133 mmio m4096@0xfb600000 port 0xfb600300 irq 18 >> ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) >> ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) >> ata2.00: ATA-7: SAMSUNG HD753LJ, 1AA01109, max UDMA7 >> ata2.00: 1465149168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) >> ata2.00: configured for >> UDMA/133 >> ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) >> ata3: device not ready (errno=-16), forcing hardreset >> ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) >> ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16) >> ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) >> ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16) >> ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) >> ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16) >> - Last output repeated twice - >> ata3: reset failed, giving up > > Does the attached patch fix things? > > It basically reverts the patch, while still maintaining the > consolidation. It looks like that status evaluation is not as universal > as believed. > > Jeff Yes, with the patch I get normal booting behaviour. Thanks, Marc