Re: [SATA] libata-dev queue updated

Joerg Sommrey
2005-03-05T00:13:07Z

On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 03:43:38PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Joerg Sommrey wrote:
> >On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 01:07:16PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >
> >>Joerg Sommrey wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 02:10:14AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Joerg Sommrey wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 11:09:26PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Joerg Sommrey wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 05:43:59PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>Joerg Sommrey wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>Patch:
> >>>>>>>>>>http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/libata/2.6.11-rc5-bk4-libata-dev1.patch.bz2
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Still not usable here. The same errors as before when backing up:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>Please try 2.6.11 without any patches.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Plain 2.6.11 doesn't work either. All of 2.6.10-ac11, 2.6.11-rc5,
> >>>>>>>2.6.11-rc5 + 2.6.11-rc5-bk4-libata-dev1.patch and 2.6.11 fail with
> >>>>>>>the
> >>>>>>>same symptoms.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Reverting to stable 2.6.10-ac8 :-)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Does reverting the attached patch in 2.6.11 (apply with patch -R) fix
> >>>>>>things?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Still the same with this patch reverted.
> >>>>
> >>>>Does reverting the attached patch in 2.6.11 fix things? (apply with
> >>>>patch -R)
> >>>>
> >>>>This patch reverts the entire libata back to 2.6.10.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>I'm confused. Still the same with everything reverted. What shall I do
> >>>now?
> >>
> >>Well, first, thanks for your patience in narrowing this down.
> >>
> >>This means we have eliminated libata as a problem source, but we still
> >>have the rest of the kernel go to through :)
> >>
> >>Try disabling ACPI with 'acpi=off' or 'pci=biosirq' to see if that fixes
> >>things.
> >>
> >
> >I tried both settings with plain 2.6.11. Almost the same results, in my
> >impression apci=off causes the failure to appear even faster.
>
> Just to make sure I have things right, please tell me if this is correct:
>
> * 2.6.10 vanilla works
>
> * 2.6.11 vanilla does not work
>
> * 2.6.11 vanilla + 2.6.10 libata does not work
> [2.6.10 libata == reverting all libata changes]
>
> Is that all correct?

Thanks for asking these precise questions. After double-checking
everything I found a typo in my configuration that changes things a bit.
I repeated some tests and the correct answers are now:
* 2.6.10 vanilla works
* 2.6.10-ac8 works
* 2.6.10-ac11 does not work
* 2.6.11 vanilla does not work
* 2.6.11 w/o promise.patch does not work
* 2.6.11 + 2.6.10 libata works!

This looks much more consistent to me but brings the case back to
libata.

-jo

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