Re: SATA HD 137GB limitation?

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 06:17:36PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> 
>>  system:
>>
>>  MB: intel D865PERL
>>  maxtor 250GB SATA drive (not a boot drive)
>>  kernel 2.4.21-ac4
>>  debian unstable
>>
>>  normal kernels up to 2.4.21 freeze during HD detection, only 
>>2.4.21-ac4 properly detects the drive. All programs (mkfs, badblocks, 
>>cfdisk) recognize it as 250GB drive but none of them can read anything 
>>beyond 137GB. All programs (that I tried) report read failure when 
>>sectors above 137GB are being read.
>>
>>  anybody knows the status of SATA driver(s)?
> 
> 
> Is this with CONFIG_SCSI_ATA or drivers/ide driver?

   yes, isn't that the only way to make it work (I had kernel freezes 
while detecting/setting the drivers otherwise)? I didn't post my kernel 
config since I thought that it's obvious but maybe it's not.

   what I think are relevant options:

CONFIG_SCSI_ATA=y
CONFIG_SCSI_ATA_PIIX=y

   not sure if PIIX is what I need (there's no help for it)...

   Here's my complete kernel config (non-comment lines):

CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
CONFIG_X86_HAS_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_PGE=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_X86_F00F_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_MSR=m
CONFIG_X86_CPUID=m
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y
CONFIG_PNP=m
CONFIG_ISAPNP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m
CONFIG_PARIDE=m
CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_BLK_STATS=y
CONFIG_PACKET=m
CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=m
CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
CONFIG_FILTER=y
CONFIG_UNIX=m
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_FTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_AMANDA=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TFTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_IRC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MAC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_PKTTYPE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MARK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MULTIPORT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TOS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_ECN=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_DSCP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LENGTH=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TTL=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TCPMSS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_HELPER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_STATE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_CONNTRACK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_AMANDA=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_LOCAL=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_IRC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_FTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_TFTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TOS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ECN=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_DSCP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MARK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_LOG=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ULOG=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TCPMSS=m
CONFIG_NET_SCHED=y
CONFIG_NET_SCH_CBQ=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_HTB=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_CSZ=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_PRIO=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_RED=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_SFQ=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_TEQL=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_TBF=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_GRED=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_DSMARK=m
CONFIG_NET_SCH_INGRESS=m
CONFIG_NET_QOS=y
CONFIG_NET_ESTIMATOR=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS_TCINDEX=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE4=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS_FW=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS_U32=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS_RSVP=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS_RSVP6=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS_POLICE=y
CONFIG_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m
CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS=40
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
CONFIG_SR_EXTRA_DEVS=2
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING=y
CONFIG_SCSI_ATA=y
CONFIG_SCSI_ATA_PIIX=y
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_TUN=m
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
CONFIG_8139TOO=m
CONFIG_PPP=m
CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m
CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY=m
CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m
CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m
CONFIG_SLIP=m
CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y
CONFIG_INPUT=m
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1280
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=m
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=1024
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_LP_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_PPDEV=m
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
CONFIG_INPUT_GAMEPORT=m
CONFIG_INPUT_NS558=m
CONFIG_INPUT_ANALOG=m
CONFIG_RTC=y
CONFIG_AGP=m
CONFIG_AGP_VIA=y
CONFIG_DRM=y
CONFIG_DRM_NEW=y
CONFIG_DRM_TDFX=m
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=m
CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=m
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m
CONFIG_JBD=m
CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
CONFIG_CRAMFS=m
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_RAMFS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
CONFIG_JFS_FS=m
CONFIG_JFS_STATISTICS=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS=m
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_UDF_FS=m
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
CONFIG_NFSD=m
CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=m
CONFIG_LOCKD=m
CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=m
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="cp437"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1250=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13=m
CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U=m
CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=m
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_SOUND=m
CONFIG_USB=m
CONFIG_USB_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
CONFIG_USB_UHCI=m
CONFIG_USB_AUDIO=m
CONFIG_USB_ACM=m
CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_USB_HID=m
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y
CONFIG_USB_DC2XX=m
CONFIG_USB_SCANNER=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=m
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_VISOR=m
CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=m
CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE=m

	erik