From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes 1/4] libata: fix device iteration bugs Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:20:37 -0500 Message-ID: <491A2F65.8030605@rtr.ca> References: <6ca8fe89c868f95831328d31c27f9cdb@localhost> <1DE9BF42-39BB-4220-BDF0-62F14C854E77@it-loops.com> <4917DA12.8070307@kernel.org> <07a2f909b249db90ad6bfdddfdd17765@localhost> <49180B2E.6020604@kernel.org> <49184E1A.3010508@rtr.ca> <4918F1BC.2070602@kernel.org> <4919038B.8020407@rtr.ca> <49194E1C.9030800@ru.mvista.com> <3b5e4132a8abe8d67b4f1701a384a2d4@localhost> <491996D3.80805@rtr.ca> <4D5A0E9F-4931-449F-99F6-38C09C55983A@it-loops.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:35435 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751499AbYKLBTv (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:19:51 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4D5A0E9F-4931-449F-99F6-38C09C55983A@it-loops.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Guntsche Michael Cc: Sergei Shtylyov , Tejun Heo , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox , Jeff Garzik Guntsche Michael wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2008, at 15:29, Mark Lord wrote: >> . >> >> Yeah, that's the right one. But if you are technically apt, >> then perhaps you could try a brief experiment for us: >> >> Use drivers/ide instead, and see what it reports in the boot log. >> >> One simple way to do this, is to boot a Knoppix CD, say v5.01 or so >> (but not the newest version, which probably uses libata instead). >> >> Then just grab the boot log with dmesg, and post it here. > > Ok, recompiled the kernel with the old driver, here the relevant dmesg > output. > > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver > piix 0000:00:07.1: IDE controller (0x8086:0x7010 rev 0x00) > piix 0000:00:07.1: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xe800-0xe807 > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xe808-0xe80f > Probing IDE interface ide0... > hda: IC35L040AVER07-0, ATA DISK drive > hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 > hda: MWDMA2 mode selected > Probing IDE interface ide1... > hdc: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-408B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > hdc: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 > hdc: MWDMA2 mode selected > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 .. Mmm.. no phantom device showing up there, so I suppose what's left of my ancient device probing is still mostly working (does any of it remain now?). Tejun?