From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AC7C67B22 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:17:31 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc1 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Alan Cox In-Reply-To: <1152542413.27368.131.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1152441242.4128.33.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1152537672.28828.4.camel@farscape.rchland.ibm.com> <1152542413.27368.131.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:17:16 +1000 Message-Id: <1152566236.1576.100.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: Steve Fox , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , > That in repeat generally means the IRQ logic on the platform has been > broken. If we don't get interrupts we don't work very well. > > Also check if booting with "nodma" set on the relevant ide interface > makes a difference. Just to be sure. If it does then submit patches to > fix the bug. it's most certainly an irq problem as I just rewrote the irq logic of powerpc :) There have been some issues and I've just sent some new patches fixing them, let's see if that's enough. I'll give a js20 a try today at work. Ben.