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From: Thierry Vignaud <tvignaud@mandriva.com>
To: Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: libata PATA status for VIA 8237
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:48:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2k5pche63.fsf@vador.mandriva.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071024095602.GA2607@DervishD> (DervishD's message of "Wed\, 24 Oct 2007 11\:56\:02 +0200")

DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net> writes:

> I'm thinking about switching fully to libata in the near future
> (currently I'm using CONFIG_IDE for all my PATA drives, both hard disks
> and DVD recorder), and I was wondering if PATA support for VIA8237 was
> full or not. For what I've googled, it seems that it is usable both for
> PATA and for SATA, but I want to be sure.
> 
> If I'm asking here is because I have SATA support for my VIA chipset
> enabled in the kernel (CONFIG_SATA_VIA), but I'm getting these messages:
> 
>     sata_via 0000:00:0c.0: version 2.0
>     sata_via 0000:00:0c.0: routed to hard irq line 10
>     ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFE00 ctl 0xFE0A bmdma 0xFA00 irq 10
>     ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFD00 ctl 0xFD0A bmdma 0xFA08 irq 10
>     scsi0 : sata_via
>     ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
> >>  ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xFE07
>     scsi1 : sata_via
>     ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
> >>  ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xFD07
>     sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: routed to hard irq line 11
>     ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF900 ctl 0xF802 bmdma 0xF500 irq 11
>     ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF700 ctl 0xF602 bmdma 0xF508 irq 11
>     scsi2 : sata_via
>     ata3: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> >>  ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xF907
>     scsi3 : sata_via
>     ata4: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> >>  ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xF707

I saw those too from times to times on boot with a VIA VT6421 with no
consequences.
So I would say they're non important (but who know for real until you
test with real disk attached?)

  reply	other threads:[~2007-10-24 13:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-24  9:56 libata PATA status for VIA 8237 DervishD
2007-10-24 12:48 ` Thierry Vignaud [this message]
2007-10-24 14:33   ` DervishD

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