From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: sata_via bus errors fixed? Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:53:22 +0100 Message-ID: <20110131105322.GE7459@htj.dyndns.org> References: <4D3DA387.8080301@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> <20110124170432.GH27510@htj.dyndns.org> <4D3EA771.3070206@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> <20110125105049.GQ27510@htj.dyndns.org> <4D3FF0D9.5040006@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> <20110126101119.GE12520@htj.dyndns.org> <4D4693DB.4070009@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f46.google.com ([209.85.161.46]:42381 "EHLO mail-fx0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751776Ab1AaKx1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:53:27 -0500 Received: by fxm20 with SMTP id 20so5445463fxm.19 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:53:26 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D4693DB.4070009@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Dave Howorth Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hello, On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:50:03AM +0000, Dave Howorth wrote: > (1) stock SUSE HEAD/11.2 (2.6.37) - works fine with no problem > (2) SUSE 2.6.37 with the 'magic patch' commented out - shows the problem > (3) stock updated SUSE 11.2 (2.6.31.14) - shows the problem > (4) stock SUSE 11.2 with the 'magic patch' added (2.6.31.5) - works fine > with no problem > > I think that's fairly indicative that the 'magic patch' is able to cure > my problem with a VT 6241A controller and a Samsung HD103SJ drive. I see, so the via issue was the same FIFO configuration problem. > One thing I still need to investigate is why Ubuntu 10.04 was showing > the problem, but perhaps I never got as far as updating the kernel after > installing it. (AFAIK as installed it is 2.6.31, whilst the current > update is 2.6.32-28 which I think should have the patch) Most likely. So, that leaves the problem sil was seeing. Are you interested in digging that down too? Thank you. -- tejun