On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 03:27:03PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: > Mark Wagner wrote: > [--snip--] > >NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out > >eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 status e000. > [--snip--] > >hda: DMA timeout error > >hda: dma timeout error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } > >ide: failed opcode was: unknown > >hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } > >ide: failed opcode was: unknown > >hdb: DMA disabled > >hda: no DRQ after issuing MULTWRITE_EXT > >ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x1 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > >ata3.00: tag 0 cmd 0x60 Emask 0x4 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (timeout) > >ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x1 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > >ata4.00: tag 0 cmd 0x60 Emask 0x4 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (timeout) > >ata4: hard resetting port > >ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x1 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > >ata2.00: tag 0 cmd 0x60 Emask 0x4 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (timeout) > >ata2: hard resetting port > >ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x3 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > >ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0x60 Emask 0x4 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (timeout) > >ata1.00: tag 1 cmd 0x60 Emask 0x4 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (timeout) > [--snip--] > >i2c_adapter i2c-0: Transaction error! > >i2c_adapter i2c-0: Transaction error! > >i2c_adapter i2c-0: Transaction error! > > It seems like your system is falling apart. Timeouts are occurring > everywhere. Either IRQ routing went wrong or your powersupply is not > providing enough power. Adding two more disks to sil24 doesn't change > anything about IRQ routing. If the system functioned okay w/ two disks > attached to sil24, give your system a better power supply or rewire > power cables such that each power lane is more equally loaded.
The sil24-connected sata drives are external and connected to their own power supply. I've replaced the sil24-based card with a Promise SATA300 TX4 controller card and everything seems to work now. Thanks, Mark -- Mark Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/