Re: 2.6.7-mm1,2,3 issues with sata and usb

Jeff Garzik
2004-06-30T19:17:56Z

Merwan Kashouty wrote:
> i am not having any luck from any of the mm releases above 2.6.7-rc3-mm2...
> all kernels result in a kernel panic unable to open the root filesystem on
> the via sata controller. i have successfully booted 2.6.7-bk1,2,3,4,5,6,7 ...
> starting at 6 the drive changes from being seen as hdg to sdb as it should be
> seen (i am using a asus-sk8v mainboard) since the sata driver is taking
> controll of the device rather then the via-ide driver. 2.6.7-bk8 kernel
> panics again unable to find the filesystem... bk9 and bk10 again work.
> i am not sure the source for the mm3 patch but it would appear to be bk8...lol
[...]
> both bk8 and mm1,2,3 pause for a terribly long time to determine the status of
> the drives attached to the via-sata controller after which the kernel
> eventually moves on to end in a panic. sometimes i get a usb error line just
> after the panic then the system locks.
>
> CC me if you can and i will be glad to provide anything further that i can or
> test what ever you like to resolve/improve this.

Since you indicate that -bk9 and -bk10 work again, could you re-test and
verify that more recent -mm releases work? And also compare this
against mainline -bk?

Jeff