Re: 2.6.14-mm1 libata pata_via

[Sander <sander@humilis.net>]

Alan Cox wrote (ao):
> On Maw, 2005-11-08 at 13:13 +0100, Sander wrote:
> > [42949377.130000]  sdf:<3>ata5: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x64
> > [42949377.210000] ata5: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/84 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00
> > [42949377.210000] ata5: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> 
> Thats the important bit. It looks as if I got the timing clock loading
> wrong for this chip. (My EPIA works nicely but all the info I need is in
> your report).

I have one disk now, on an 80 wire cable. The system boots from the disk
but can't find it afterwards:

[42949376.200000] pata_via 0000:00:11.1: version 0.1.1
[42949376.200000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:11.1[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[42949376.200000] PCI: Via IRQ fixup for 0000:00:11.1, from 255 to 5
[42949376.200000] ata5: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1F0 ctl 0x3F6 bmdma 0xCC00 irq 14
[42949376.200000] ata5: port disabled. ignoring.
[42949376.200000] scsi4 : pata_via
[42949376.200000] ata6: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xCC08 irq 15
[42949376.370000] ATA: abnormal status 0xFF on port 0x177
[42949376.370000] ata6: disabling port
[42949376.370000] scsi5 : pata_via


(2.6.14-mm2, Epia MII 10000, Maxtor 250GB pata).

This is what 2.6.14-mm1 reports:

[42949378.560000] ata5: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1F0 ctl 0x3F6 bmdma 0xCC00 irq 14
[42949378.720000] ata5: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:7c6b 83:7f09 84:4003 85:7c69 86:3e01 87:4003 88:407f
[42949378.720000] ata5: dev 0 ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 398297088 sectors: LBA48
[42949378.720000] ata5: dev 0 configured for UDMA/100
[42949378.720000] scsi4 : pata_via
[42949378.720000]   Vendor: ATA       Model: Maxtor 6Y200P0    Rev: YAR4
[42949378.720000]   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 05
[42949378.720000] ata6: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xCC08 irq 15
[42949378.890000] ATA: abnormal status 0xFF on port 0x177
[42949378.890000] ata6: disabling port
[42949378.890000] scsi5 : pata_via
[ ... ]
[42949378.970000] SCSI device sde: 398297088 512-byte hdwr sectors (203928 MB)
[42949378.970000] SCSI device sde: drive cache: write back
[42949378.970000] SCSI device sde: 398297088 512-byte hdwr sectors (203928 MB)
[42949378.970000] SCSI device sde: drive cache: write back
[42949378.970000]  sde: sde1 sde2
[42949378.990000] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sde


Btw, now I _can_ fdisk /dev/sde, while I could not do so with a
slave disk and a 40 wire cable.

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