From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932699Ab0CJSsE (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:48:04 -0500 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:56396 "EHLO lo.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756923Ab0CJSsB (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:48:01 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: Regression? 2.6.23.16 -> 2.6.32.9: ide/libata HD recognition Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:47:49 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20100310041614.GG2657@zip.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-68-236-149-162.alb.east.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090507 Fedora/1.1.16-1.fc9 NOT Firefox/3.0.11 SeaMonkey/1.1.16 In-Reply-To: <20100310041614.GG2657@zip.com.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org CaT wrote: > Hi, > > Just had a strange situation with the above upgrade. It was done on an > old server that used the serverworks ide driver. The IDE hw config under > 2.6.23.16 was: > > hda: HD > hdb: CDROM > hdc: empty > hdd: HD > > After upgrade, using either IDE or libata the config changed to: > > hda: HD > hdb: CDROM > hdc: empty > hdd: empty > > The BIOS recognised the disk. I went through 3 disks and it wasn't until > I made the second HD a master that it was recognised. So now I have a > 2.6.32.9 server, using the IDE subsystem with the following config: > > hda: HD > hdb: CDROM > hdc: HD > hdd: empty > > Otherwise it does not work. > > I had an outage window that I already blew so I was not able to do > any more diagnosis than what it took to get the system up. > > If anyone wants the full config I'll send. Otherwise: > Could you "ls /sys/block" and post? And /var/log/messages from the start to the last device found? Thanks. -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot