Re: sata_nv times out for BD-ROM iHOS104-08

["Cengiz Günay" <cgunay@emory.edu>]

2009/12/24 Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>:
> I don't think the controller has anything to do with the issue but
> just in case can you please try it with a different controller?

I tried the iHOS BD-ROM with a VIA VT6412 SATA controller today and it worked:

snippet from dmesg:
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sata_via 0000:06:06.0: version 2.4
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC1] enabled at IRQ 16
sata_via 0000:06:06.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC1] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
sata_via 0000:06:06.0: routed to hard irq line 5
scsi0 : sata_via
PM: Adding info for scsi:host0
PM: Adding info for No Bus:host0
scsi1 : sata_via
PM: Adding info for scsi:host1
PM: Adding info for No Bus:host1
scsi2 : sata_via
PM: Adding info for scsi:host2
PM: Adding info for No Bus:host2
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 port i16@0x9000 bmdma 0xa000 irq 16
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 port i16@0x9400 bmdma 0xa008 irq 16
ata3: PATA max UDMA/133 port i16@0x9800 bmdma 0xa010 irq 16
ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
ata1.00: ATAPI: ATAPI   iHOS104, WL08, max UDMA/100
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi 0:0:0:0: CD-ROM            ATAPI    iHOS104          WL08 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
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output of lsscsi:
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[0:0:0:0]    cd/dvd  ATAPI    iHOS104          WL08  /dev/sr0
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I also tried my sata_nv with a 64-bit kernel 2.6.22-3-amd64. I got
these messages where it looks like ata3 is finally reset and set at a
UDMA/66, but I don't get the drive recognized afterwards:

dmesg:
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ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata3.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x12 data 36 in
ata3: soft resetting port
ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata3: EH complete
ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata3.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x12 data 36 in
ata3: soft resetting port
ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata3: EH complete
ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata3.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x12 data 36 in
ata3: soft resetting port
ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata3: EH complete
ata3.00: limiting speed to UDMA/66:PIO4
ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata3.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x12 data 36 in
ata3: soft resetting port
ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata3.00: configured for UDMA/66
ata3: EH complete
hdc: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: ATAPI 63X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2000kB Cache, UDMA(66)
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I contacted LiteON technical support in the meantime, but they are no
help. They said they tested with one Linux system and it worked.

I will probably buy one of the above VIA cards and use it for this drive.

Thanks for helping!
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Cengiz