From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Dave Howorth <dhoworth@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sata_via bus errors fixed?
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 10:43:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110209094339.GB3770@htj.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D512616.1060503@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk>
Hello,
On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 11:16:38AM +0000, Dave Howorth wrote:
> Hmm, Things are not quite so clear cut. Yesterday, with the Sil card
> still in the system, I happened to reboot the original unpatched 2.6.32
> kernel and unfortunately everything worked perfectly!
>
> So there must be some other factor involved. Most likely is that after
> running the main batch of tests I have removed an old PATA drive from
> the system, which was connected to the mainboard. It's also
> theoretically possible of course that every other time I tested the
> system I systematically misaligned a SATA cable when running the old
> kernel or somesuch. Anyway, I no longer have a failing test case for the
> Sil card.
Hmmm... interesting.
> Since I need to plug my new Via card back in anyway, I'll rerun the old
> kernel with that just to see whether it still shows the problem when the
> PATA drive is not in the system.
Alright, let us know if you encounter problems.
> PS I guess since I haven't heard from you recently, it might be
> appropriate to wish you Happy New Year!
Happy new year!
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-09 9:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-24 16:06 sata_via bus errors fixed? Dave Howorth
2011-01-24 17:04 ` Tejun Heo
2011-01-24 17:23 ` Dave Howorth
2011-01-25 10:35 ` Dave Howorth
2011-01-25 10:50 ` Tejun Heo
2011-01-26 10:00 ` Dave Howorth
2011-01-26 10:11 ` Tejun Heo
2011-01-31 10:50 ` Dave Howorth
2011-01-31 10:53 ` Tejun Heo
2011-01-31 12:19 ` Dave Howorth
2011-01-31 13:24 ` Tejun Heo
2011-02-04 12:09 ` Dave Howorth
2011-02-08 11:16 ` Dave Howorth
2011-02-09 9:43 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2011-02-09 10:04 ` Dave Howorth
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