From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Drives missing at boot Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:50:16 +0200 Message-ID: <4C341598.6040004@kernel.org> References: <4C2F5ECB.1040505@kernel.org> <4C2F61AB.9030806@kernel.org> <4C317C04.20500@kernel.org> <4C32CE50.6010501@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:41560 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750937Ab0GGFuT (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2010 01:50:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Knecht Cc: Linux Kernel List , "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" Hello, On 07/06/2010 08:13 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > OK - thanks. The patch seemed to install correctly. I then did > > make clean > make && make modules_install > > and then a Gentoo command: > > modules-rebuild -X rebuild > > to pick up any package modules that need to be rebuild when I use a > new kernel. (X drivers, vmware, etc.) > > The kernel boots fine: > > mark@c2stable ~ $ uname -a > Linux c2stable 2.6.34-gentoo-r1 #4 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jul 6 10:35:15 PDT > 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 980 @ 3.33GHz GenuineIntel > GNU/Linux > mark@c2stable ~ $ > > I don't know what I'm looking for in the dmesg files but I do see one > message about a SATA Link being down. Umm... the patched module isn't being loaded. If patched, it should be reporting whether it's hard or soft resetting and some other debug messages. One common mistake is not updating initrd with patched modules. Is "modules-rebuild -X rebuild" the command for initrd update? Thanks. -- tejun