On Mon, 2003-06-23 23:18:00 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote in message : > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > > I've played a bit with my "mirror" machine > > > > - 200MHz Pentium-MMX > > - 64MB RAM > > - jbglaw@mirror:~$ cat /proc/ide/hd*/model > > WDC AC2850F # System drive > > IC35L040AVER07-0 # \ > > IC35L120AVV207-0 # > Storage (with DM/LVM) > > Maxtor 4W100H6 # / > > - jbglaw@mirror:~$ lspci |grep IDE > > 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) > > - Linux v2.5.73 > > - <*> Intel PIIXn chipsets support > > > > Basically, if I enable Taskfile I/O, the box refuses to boot (basically, > > the first drive sounds really broken like "clack clack clack" and no > > data comes off the drive so there's no partition table, no root FS, but > > a panic:) Is anybody interested in nailing this bug down? > > YES What can I do about this one? I'll try to capture the lines... Taskfile I/O seems to hit my drive(s) really hard:) > > Disabling Taskfile lets me boot the box, but hdc doesn't like TCQ and > > gives errors: > > > > ide_tcq_intr_timeout: timeout waiting for service interrupt > > ide_tcq_intr_timeout: missing isr! > > hdc: invalidating tag queue (0 commands) > > hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > > hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > > [above messages repeat...] > > TCQ shouldn't be enabled on hdc, you have two drives on second ide > channel and current TCQ driver design allows only one drive per channel, > so proper fix is to not enable TCQ :-). > > Can you try attached patch? I'll rebuild with your patch and give it a try (TCQ enabled, Taskfile disabled...). MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(IRAQ_WAR_2 | DRM | TCPA));