From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leopold Palomo Avellaneda Subject: Re: Sata_via problems in a Vintage2-AE1 Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 18:13:57 +0100 Message-ID: <200702091814.02530.lepalom@wol.es> References: <200702090010.06897.lepalom@wol.es> <45CC42FF.5030507@gmail.com> Reply-To: lepalom@wol.es Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1934883.cEBtQvnG0i"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:52246 "EHLO aybabtu.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423129AbXBIROt (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Feb 2007 12:14:49 -0500 In-Reply-To: <45CC42FF.5030507@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --nextPart1934883.cEBtQvnG0i Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline A Divendres 09 Febrer 2007 10:46, Tejun Heo va escriure: > Leopold Palomo Avellaneda wrote: > > Dear people, > > > > I have a barebone Asus Vintage2-AE1 [1]. This box has a mobo Asus A8V-M= Q. > > The board has: > > - the Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64FX/Athlon 64. > > - North Bridge: VIA K8M800 > > - South Bridge: VIA VT8251 > > - VIA Graphics Integrated > > - IDE 2 x UltraDMA 133 > > - 4 x Serial ATA > > ... > > > > I'm using the bios version 0206. The 0210 doesn't show me the vga card, > > so I don't have graphics mode. I think that is a buggy bios. > > > > The bios is configured with vt8251 in AHCI mode and bios boot up > > activated, so the hd is recognized in the beginning. I don't have any > > raid, only one hd. The hd is a Maxtor 6V250F0. > > > > I'm using a debian etch but the i386 version. The only way that I can u= se > > the hd is using a 2.6.16 standard kernel with the modifications explain= ed > > in this page [2]. Basically you have to use their ahci.c and sata_via.c. > > The modifications are small from the original code from Mr Jeff Garzik. > > > > I have tried to use the 2.6.18 and 2.6.20rc6 and the result is the same. > > The kernel boots, but when arrives at the ata3, > > > > scsi2 : ahci > > ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > > ata3.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) > > ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=3D0x104) > > .... repeated some times ... > > scsi3 : ahci > > ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > > scsi4 : ahci > > ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > > scsi5 : ahci > > ata6: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > > Done. > > Begin: Mounting root file system... ... > > Begin: Running /scripts/local-top > > ide0: I/O resource 0x3F6-0x3F6 not free. > > ide0: ports already in use, skipping probe. > > ide1: I/O resource 0x376-0x376 not free. > > ide1: ports already in use, skipping probe. > > Done. > > Begin: Waiting for root file system ... > > It might be VIA IRQ quirk problem. > > 1. Does giving 'irqpoll' parameter to kernel make any difference? yes. Now it boots. However I'm having a lot of messages: APIC error on CPU0 and I begin to have problems with the network card. > 2. Can you give a shot at 2.6.20? yes, I'm doing it now.=20 Thank's a lot. But, why with irqpoll works and without no? Leo =2D-=20 =2D- Linux User 152692 PGP: 0xF944807E Catalonia --nextPart1934883.cEBtQvnG0i Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFzKvaaC7AnPlEgH4RAq+QAJsEsI+KzoVaJXDsxwBDjHfQsPTlswCgmL4c +l94MtlXXkDtcL6BhePSNiY= =fvhp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1934883.cEBtQvnG0i--