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

Merwan Kashouty
2004-06-27T16:23:29Z

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

here is my system info:

rommel@JaiBaba rommel $ emerge info
Portage 2.0.50-r8 (gcc34-amd64-2004.1, gcc-3.4.0, glibc-2.3.4.20040605-r0,
2.6.7-bk10)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.7-bk10 x86_64 5
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=k8 -pipe -ftracers -fweb"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=k8 -pipe -ftracers -fweb"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X alsa amd64 apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt dvd dvdr encode esd foomaticdb
gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib jpeg kde libg++ libwww mikmod motif mpeg
ncurses nls ntpl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime
readline sdl slang spell ssl tcpd truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib"

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.

ciao

merwan