Re: PCMCIA-related IDE problems on GA-7ZX motherboard

Re: PCMCIA-related IDE problems on GA-7ZX motherboard

[Charles Briscoe-Smith]

On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 08:26:45AM +0100, Ulrich Hahn wrote:
> Help!
> 
> You wrote in a linux mailing list about one year ago, describing mainly
> the same probelm I have when loading pcmcia-modules into a 2.4.14
> kernel: The ide0 reports "lost interrupt" and rien ne va plus.
> 
> >I'm having problems related to using a pcmcia bridge on a desktop PC.
> >The machine used to contain a TMC TI5-VG+ motherboard with a 400Mhz K6-II.
> >With the TMC motherboard, everything worked worked fine.  When I upgraded
> >the machine to a Gigabyte GA-7ZX with 800Mhz Athlon, the CD-writer and
> >LS-120 floppy on the secondary IDE channel stopped working.  By fiddling
> >around with the kernel configuration, I've finally narrowed it down to
> >the PC card drivers; the machine contains a Chase-AT "Duo" ISA-to-PCMCIA
> >bridge.
> 
> I read lost of questions like this - but mainly NO answer to it at all.
> Does it happen only to few people? Is it not relevant?
> 
> Personal question: did you find a solution?

Yes, I did, and it has since been documented in the PCMCIA HOWTO,
section 2.3, subsection "Card readers for desktop systems":

  For Chase CardPORT and Altec ISA card readers using the Cirrus PD6722
  ISA-to-PCMCIA bridge, the i82365 driver should be loaded with a
  ``has_ring=0'' parameter to prevent irq 15 conflicts.

I had been trying the option "has_ring=1", which I didn't know was
the default.

[ CC'ed linux-kernel so that this gets into its archives.  I am not on
linux-kernel so, if replying, please CC me (and, I presume, Ulrich). ]

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Re: PCMCIA-related IDE problems - "hda: lost interrupt"

[Ulrich Hahn]

Hi there -

I was lucky today finding another solution that helped me out:

It seems the 2.4 kernel series produce the problem of messing with PCI
interrupts.
I had no problem with one and the same pcmcia_cs package with a 2.2.9 kernel
which locked up ALL of the 2.4 kernels I tried meanwile (I am on 2.4.18 now
using the kernel-owned pcmcia modules, yenta_socket, which does not seem to know
any parameters at all).

Today I found a hint on giving the kernel an irqmask on bootup in the lilo.conf
file:
append="pci=irqmask=0xafff"

This prevents the vital IRQs of ide or mouse from being taken by the PCI bridge
when the yenta_socket or i82365 module is loaded. (Unloading the module again
would  not give back interrupt control - so a reboot was the final step)

Charles Briscoe-Smith wrote:

> > Personal question: did you find a solution?
>
> Yes, I did, and it has since been documented in the PCMCIA HOWTO,
> section 2.3, subsection "Card readers for desktop systems":
>
>   For Chase CardPORT and Altec ISA card readers using the Cirrus PD6722
>   ISA-to-PCMCIA bridge, the i82365 driver should be loaded with a
>   ``has_ring=0'' parameter to prevent irq 15 conflicts.
>
> I had been trying the option "has_ring=1", which I didn't know was
> the default.
>
> [ CC'ed linux-kernel so that this gets into its archives.  I am not on
> linux-kernel so, if replying, please CC me (and, I presume, Ulrich). ]

Thanks for your hint!

PCMCIA-related IDE problems on GA-7ZX motherboard

[Charles Briscoe-Smith]

Hi,

[Please CC me on any replies; I'm not subscribed to linux-kernel.]

I'm having problems related to using a pcmcia bridge on a desktop PC.
The machine used to contain a TMC TI5-VG+ motherboard with a 400Mhz K6-II.
With the TMC motherboard, everything worked worked fine.  When I upgraded
the machine to a Gigabyte GA-7ZX with 800Mhz Athlon, the CD-writer and
LS-120 floppy on the secondary IDE channel stopped working.  By fiddling
around with the kernel configuration, I've finally narrowed it down to
the PC card drivers; the machine contains a Chase-AT "Duo" ISA-to-PCMCIA
bridge.

What appears to happen is this.  I boot the system:

root@munkustrap:~# cat /proc/cmdline 
BOOT_IMAGE=test ro root=301 BOOT_FILE=/vmlinuz.test hdc=ide-scsi single
root@munkustrap:~# cat /proc/version 
Linux version 2.4.0 (root@munkustrap) (gcc version 2.95.2 20000313 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Tue Jan 16 20:11:06 GMT 2001

I've tried several other kernel versions; some 2.2 series, some 2.4.0-test
series, and also 2.4.1.  They all give the same result.  Logging in in
single-user mode, I can access the CD-ROM drive okay:

root@munkustrap:~# cdir
sr0: CDROM not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
nodisc

Then I load the core module:

root@munkustrap:~# insmod /lib/modules/2.4.0/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o
Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.22
  options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
root@munkustrap:~# cdir
sr0: CDROM not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
nodisc

At this stage, the CD still works fine.  Then I insert the i82365 module:

root@munkustrap:~# insmod /lib/modules/2.4.0/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/i82365.o poll_interval=100 irq_list=5
Intel PCIC probe: 
  Cirrus PD672x ISA-to-PCMCIA at port 0x3e0 ofs 0x00, 2 sockets
    host opts [0]: [ring] [65/6/0] [1/15/0]
    host opts [1]: [ring] [65/6/0] [1/15/0]
    ISA irqs (default) = 5 polling interval = 1000 ms
charles@munkustrap:~$ cdir
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 
hdc: lost interrupt
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Request Sense 00 00 00 40 00 
SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
hdc: lost interrupt
(and lots more of the same...)

I've tried with and without poll_interval, and with various irq_lists
("12,13", "10", "5").  All give the same result.  The same happens with
the floppy, /dev/hdd.  /dev/hda is fine, though.

So, it seems that inserting the i82365 module interferes with the
interrupt being used for the secondary IDE channel on the GA-7ZX board,
but doesn't interfere with the secondary IDE channel on the TI5-VG+.

Does anyone know what's going on here?  Can anyone suggest a fix or
a workaround?  (Unloading the pcmcia modules does NOT cause hdc and hdd
to start working, unfortunately.  I have to reboot to get them working
again.)  Failing that, can anyone suggest how I might try to develop a
fix or a workaround?

Some more system details, in case they're of use:

root@munkustrap:~# cat /proc/interrupts      
           CPU0       
  0:      98584          XT-PIC  timer
  1:        241          XT-PIC  keyboard
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  7:          1          XT-PIC  parport0
  8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
  9:       2330          XT-PIC  usb-uhci, usb-uhci, eth0
 12:          2          XT-PIC  PS/2 Mouse
 14:       3444          XT-PIC  ide0
 15:         80          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0 
ERR:          0

(Also, I know that irqs 3 and 4 are in use by the serial ports.  I think
the rest are free.)

root@munkustrap:~# cat /proc/iomem      
00000000-0009fbff : System RAM
0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved
000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM
000ec000-000effff : reserved
000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
00100000-07feffff : System RAM
  00100000-00201681 : Kernel code
  00201682-00266067 : Kernel data
07ff0000-07ff7fff : ACPI Tables
07ff8000-07ffffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
ddc00000-dfcfffff : PCI Bus #01
  de000000-deffffff : ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X
    de000000-deffffff : atyfb
dfe00000-dfefffff : PCI Bus #01
  dfeff000-dfefffff : ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X
e0000000-e3ffffff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133]
ffff0000-ffffffff : reserved
root@munkustrap:~# cat /proc/ioports 
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
02f8-02ff : serial(set)
0376-0376 : ide1
0378-037a : parport0
03c0-03df : vga+
03e0-03e1 : i82365
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial(set)
0400-040f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
0778-077a : parport0
0800-08ff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
0c00-0c7f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
9000-afff : PCI Bus #01
  a800-a8ff : ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X
cc00-cc1f : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS)
  cc00-cc1f : ne2k-pci
d000-d03f : Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97]
d400-d41f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB
  d400-d41f : usb-uhci
d800-d81f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (#2)
  d800-d81f : usb-uhci
ffa0-ffaf : VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE
  ffa0-ffa7 : ide0
  ffa8-ffaf : ide1
root@munkustrap:~# cat /proc/pci     
PCI devices found:
  Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
    Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 2).
      Master Capable.  Latency=8.  
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe3ffffff].
  Bus  0, device   1, function  0:
    PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] (rev 0).
      Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=8.
  Bus  0, device   7, function  0:
    ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 34).
  Bus  0, device   7, function  1:
    IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 16).
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  
      I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffaf].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  3:
    USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (#2) (rev 16).
      IRQ 9.
      Master Capable.  Latency=64.  
      I/O at 0xd800 [0xd81f].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  2:
    USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 16).
      IRQ 9.
      Master Capable.  Latency=64.  
      I/O at 0xd400 [0xd41f].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  4:
    SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 48).
  Bus  0, device  14, function  0:
    Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 7).
      IRQ 10.
      Master Capable.  Latency=64.  Min Gnt=12.Max Lat=128.
      I/O at 0xd000 [0xd03f].
  Bus  0, device  15, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS) (rev 0).
      IRQ 9.
      I/O at 0xcc00 [0xcc1f].
  Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
    VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 92).
      IRQ 11.
      Master Capable.  Latency=64.  Min Gnt=8.
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xde000000 [0xdeffffff].
      I/O at 0xa800 [0xa8ff].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdfeff000 [0xdfefffff].

Thanks for any help.

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The currently .sig-less Charles Briscoe-Smith
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