From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: pata_pdc202xx_old regression? Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:15:29 -0600 Message-ID: <4B3FB771.3070701@gmail.com> References: <19263.43745.540746.751448@jabber.grueslayer.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f171.google.com ([209.85.223.171]:61540 "EHLO mail-iw0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750878Ab0ABVPc (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:15:32 -0500 Received: by iwn1 with SMTP id 1so10095843iwn.33 for ; Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:15:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <19263.43745.540746.751448@jabber.grueslayer.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: bugs+linux-ide@grueslayer.com Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 01/02/2010 02:21 PM, David A Sinck wrote: > > Greetings& Happy New Year! > > I believe I've come across one of two things: > > a) a regression in pata_pdc202xx_old > b) a clueless end user wrt the list :-) > > The short version: running Ubuntu's Jaunty release (2.6.28-17-generic > #58-Ubuntu i686) I can cleanly access the disks hanging off of an > onboard Promise 20265; attempting to upgrade to Ubuntu Karmic > (presumptively 2.6.31.16.29) has numerious problems reading these same > drives, including: > > e2label: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/sda1 > Couldn't find a valid filesystem superblock. > > I've documented as much as I can think of that's relevant here: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/489685 > > I'm willing to run tests + update the bug with further information > ... if I knew what would be useful. > > It might even be solved upstream from the release Karmic's using? That dmesg output is from the working setup, correct? Can you get any output from the non-working one?