RE: [Bug] 3.16 fwdownload failure on Marvell 88SE9125 sata controller

From: "Patel, Gaurav" <gspatel@hp.com>
To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
Cc: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com>,
	"linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [Bug] 3.16 fwdownload failure on Marvell 88SE9125 sata controller
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 01:05:49 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4693A34300ED74418DB0F7454C3D19DA16A999C1@G5W2736.americas.hpqcorp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACVXFVN9KUzMQQcUGGFfg5TG2EK3B+GO2ciuC5pQb4NHaa8h_w@mail.gmail.com>

Got it.
I just followed your step but it did not work. I will try something else to get 3.16 install on redhat.

Thanks,
Gaurav Patel
Email: Gspatel@hp.com
Cell # 832-382-5550

-----Original Message-----
From: Ming Lei [mailto:ming.lei@canonical.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:00 PM
To: Patel, Gaurav
Cc: Robert Hancock; linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Tejun Heo; Linux Kernel Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Bug] 3.16 fwdownload failure on Marvell 88SE9125 sata controller

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Patel, Gaurav <gspatel@hp.com> wrote:
> I will try to update kernel on Ubuntu to 2.6.32 and run the test.
>
> I was not able to install 3.16 ubuntu kernel on RrdHat.

I didn't ask you to install 3.16 ubuntu kernel on Redhat, and you just need to install upstream 3.16 kernel, :-)

>
> Thanks,
> Gaurav Patel
> Email: Gspatel@hp.com
> Cell # 832-382-5550
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ming Lei [mailto:ming.lei@canonical.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 6:01 PM
> To: Patel, Gaurav
> Cc: Robert Hancock; linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Tejun Heo; Linux Kernel 
> Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Bug] 3.16 fwdownload failure on Marvell 88SE9125 sata 
> controller
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Patel, Gaurav <gspatel@hp.com> wrote:
>>
>> ">> When we use hdparm to download firmware on system with Marvell
>>>> 88SE9125 SATA controller, it returns failure always and it has been 
>>>> observed in several systems:"
>>
>>  [Gaurav]:  So I have another moonshot cartridge with same SATA controller and I was able to update FW with hdparm with RedHat65 without any issues. So this looks to me issue with Ubuntu kernel dos not have correct driver (or something is missing to support hdparm or sata controller).
>
> But RedHat65 ships a 2.6.32 kernel as you said, and you can test the 
> stable
> 2.6.32 kernel on one ubuntu release too.
>
> As far as I can tell, the problem is very probably related with kernel, that is why I suggest you to test upstream kernel and run 'git bisect' later to find the commit which caused the regression.
>
> But looks you have simply install problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gaurav Patel
>> Email: Gspatel@hp.com
>> Cell # 832-382-5550
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ming Lei [mailto:ming.lei@canonical.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 1:34 AM
>> To: Robert Hancock
>> Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Tejun Heo; Linux Kernel Mailing List; 
>> Patel, Gaurav
>> Subject: Re: [Bug] 3.16 fwdownload failure on Marvell 88SE9125 sata 
>> controller
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 01/09/14 02:22 AM, Ming Lei wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>
>>>> When we use hdparm to download firmware on system with Marvell
>>>> 88SE9125 SATA controller, it returns failure always and it has been 
>>>> observed in several systems:
>>>>
>>>> #hdparm --fwdownload-mode7 fw.bin
>>>> --yes-i-kno-what-i-am-doing --please-destroy-my-drive /dev/sda
>>>>
>>>> /dev/sda:
>>>> fwdownload: xfer_mode=7 min=1 max=65535 size=699392
>>>> FAILED: Input/output error
>>>
>>>
>>> Any errors in dmesg after doing this?
>>
>> No any failure log from kernel.
>>
>> Thanks,