Re: 2.6.23.1 - sata_mv (7042) hang with large file operations

Mark Lord
2007-11-14T22:31:19Z

Mark Lord wrote:
> Morrison, Tom wrote:
>> I have gotten it to boot from those hard-drives and it has the same
>> behavior:
>>
>> Copying a large file to the same partition (>150MEG)
>> causes the system to hang (no I/O - no input/output - nothing -
>> complete freeze - like a primary resource is locked up or
>> interrupts got completely & totally turned off in an ISR and its
>> pending for something?
>>
>> Only way to get out of this is to power-cycle the box!
> ..
>
> Okay, a couple of things:
>
> Do this from a text console, not a GUI.
> And preferably without ever starting klogd/syslogd during init.
>
> That way you've a much better chance of seeing some kernel diagnostic
> messages when it locks up.
>
> Can you boot with "nomsi" kernel parameter?
> And I guess we'll need to see the entire kernel .config as well.
...

And also a copy of the full kernel log messages from boot up until
just before you run the lockup sequence.

Thanks