From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthieu Helder Subject: re: Initio 1623 driver question Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:22:12 +0200 Message-ID: <48AB0F54.5080900@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com ([66.249.90.178]:60507 "EHLO ik-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750788AbYHSSYd (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:24:33 -0400 Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c28so65253ika.5 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:24:31 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: teheo@novell.com Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org I've compiled and installed the 2.6.26.2 kernel. Best regards, Matthieu Matthieu Helder wrote: > Dear Tejun, > > > I've experiencing a problem for which I searched many forums, but to no > avail yet, so I decided to ask you. > I'm trying to install two Western Digital sata disks (750 GB each) with > a PCI sata-controller that uses the Initio 1623 chipset. Operating > system is SuSe 11. > The PC is an Compaq deskpro something with a Celeron and 512 MB of ram. > It boots from a 10 GB ata disk. > > The problem is that the controller card seems to be recognized > correctly, the kernel module gets loaded and all, but the two disks are > not detected: sata link down. > I'm using your sata_inic162x driver module, the version that contains > lba48 support. > Do you have any idea what can be the case? At least I have the > impression that the BIOS doesn't support lba48, could that be it? Below > you'll find the output of some (hopefully relevant) commands. Can you please cc linux-ide@vger.kernel.org ? And can you try to roll your own kernel 2.6.26.2 for the system so that we can try patches? Maybe the reset timing is too aggressive. Thanks.