Re: ICH Intel PATA short cable override...

2007-09-06 Thread Daniel J Blueman
On 06/09/07, Mark Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 13:37:22 +0100 > > "Daniel J Blueman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> We see that in ata_piix.c, there is a whitelist for (laptop) Intel ICH > >> controllers with short cables, tied to specific vendor sub

Re: [PATCH 5/13] ide: add IDE_HFLAG_ERROR_STOPS_FIFO host flag

2007-09-06 Thread Jeff Garzik
On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 11:52:57PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > Add IDE_HFLAG_ERROR_STOPS_FIFO host flag and use it instead > of hwif->err_stops_fifo. As a side-effect this change fixes > hwif->err_stops_fifo not being restored by ide_hwif_restore(). > > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej

Re: Resets on sil3124 & sil3726 PMP

2007-09-06 Thread Petr Vandrovec
Robin H. Johnson wrote: On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 05:08:00AM -0700, Petr Vandrovec wrote: 3124-2 (norco 4618): NCQ: 1TB alone: 82.30, 82.43 1TB+1TB: 68.36+68.25 noNCQ: 1TB alone: 82.39, 82.29 1TB+1TB: 70.33+70.32, 69.47+70.01 Unfortunately that enclosure has only two slots used. I'll

Re: [sata_nv] timeout waiting for ADMA IDLE, stat=0x440

2007-09-06 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Sep 5 2007 09:48, Andrew Morton wrote: >> On 8/28/07, Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Aug 25 2007 15:37, Maarten Maathuis wrote: >> > > >> > >A broken cable seems like a realistic possibility, so i swapped it for >> > >another cable. I will try if that solves the problem. >> >

Re: Stardom SATA HSM violation

2007-09-06 Thread Bryan Woods
Tejun Heo wrote: > Michal Piotrowski wrote: >> Hi, >> >> [Adding linux-ide to CC] >> >> On 25/08/07, Bryan Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi KML >>> >>> I am installing gentoo 2007.0 (kernel 2.6.19) on a dual AMD Opteron server >>> (total of 4 cores). The hard disk is a Stardom 2611-2S-S1 de

Re: [RFT][PATCH v7] sata_mv: convert to new EH

2007-09-06 Thread dean gaudet
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, greg wrote: > dean gaudet arctic.org> writes: > > if you've got any other workload you'd like me to throw at it, > > let me know. > > I've had a few problems with the driver in 2.6.20 (fc6xen x86_64). The > machine > tended to lock up after a random period of time (from

RE: [PATCH 2.6.23-rc4][reRESEND] ahci: RAID mode SATA patch for Intel Tolapai

2007-09-06 Thread Gaston, Jason D
>-Original Message- >From: Gaston, Jason D >Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 10:10 AM >To: 'Jeff Garzik' >Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [PATCH 2.6.23-rc4][reRESEND] ahci: RAID mode SATA patch for >Intel Tolapai > >This device has both AHCI and RAID modes that u

Re: CF as IDE on ICH6M using libata

2007-09-06 Thread Tejun Heo
Eddie Hung wrote: > However, I think we can conclude that ICH6M (which on the X41, has a > SATA-PATA bridge to connect a PATA drive) does not seem to support > MWDMA It isn't clear whether the fault is at the driver or the CF device. > (especially as it is not completely supported under Windows >

Re: Resets on sil3124 & sil3726 PMP

2007-09-06 Thread Tejun Heo
Petr Vandrovec wrote: >>> H Weird. Is the different still there if you take PMP out of >>> the picture? >> >> Will do tomorrow. I need physical access to the box to do that. > > Yes, no difference. 3512 is consistently about 1MBps faster than 3132 > when talking to single Hitachi 1TB dr

Re: Resets on sil3124 & sil3726 PMP

2007-09-06 Thread Tejun Heo
Petr Vandrovec wrote: > Concurrent hdparm -t, like > > hdparm -t /dev/sdd & hdparm -t /dev/sde & hdparm -t /dev/sdf & hdparm -t > /dev/sdg & sleep 20 > > (and from hdparm output & visually confirmed that all activity LEDs go > on & off simultaneously) Not sure whether it matters but 'hdparm' tes

[PATCH] Asynchronous scan support for libata

2007-09-06 Thread Matthew Wilcox
Last December, I posted this: http://lwn.net/Articles/213635/ Here's an updated version. It shaves 5 seconds off boot time on my configuration (qla2xxx, emulex, two ata_piix, dual fusion), but could save more or less on other setups. I think I can remove the 'sync' argument and code from ata_sc

Re: CF as IDE on ICH6M using libata

2007-09-06 Thread Tejun Heo
[adding-back linux-ide, please don't drop cc's] Eddie Hung wrote: > On 06/09/07, Tejun Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Eddie Hung wrote: >>> However, I think we can conclude that ICH6M (which on the X41, has a >>> SATA-PATA bridge to connect a PATA drive) does not seem to support >>> MWDMA >> It

Re: [PATCH] ahci.c: fix ati sb600 sata IRQ_TF_ERR

2007-09-06 Thread Tejun Heo
[restoring cc list, please don't drop them] Andreas John wrote: > Hi, > sorry for replying not quicker, but I just wanted to re-test all the > theories. > > 1. I was not able to reproduce the problem with 2.6.22 ubuntu gutsy > (amd64 and i386). I ran checkarray --all many many times together with

Re: Stardom SATA HSM violation

2007-09-06 Thread Tejun Heo
Bryan Woods wrote: > The full dmesg and hdparm -I command output are attached. > > I have received word from the vendor that the Stardom 2611 will do > RAID0 or 1 under windows, but only RAID1 under Linux. (Their manual > said it worked with Linux but failed to mention the RAID mode > restriction

Re: HSM violation spew.

2007-09-06 Thread Tejun Heo
Dave Jones wrote: > scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD3200AAJS-0 12.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 This could have been truncated, please post the result of 'hdparm -I /dev/sda'. Thanks. -- tejun - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to [E

Re: [PATCH] libata: Add a drivers/ide style DMA disable

2007-09-06 Thread Tejun Heo
Alan Cox wrote: > This is useful when debugging, handling problem systems, or for > distributions just to get the system installed so it can be sorted > out later. > > This is a bit smarter than the old IDE one and lets you do > > libata.pata_dma=0 Disable all PATA DMA like old IDE >

Re: ATA_PIIX - soft resetting port, port is slow to respond, machine "freezes" for a few seconds

2007-09-06 Thread Tejun Heo
Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > Joris schrieb: >> Btw, out on a limb here: my board has specific combinations of sata >> port usage leading to a reset. Avoiding to use sata0 (sda) (unplug the >> cable) works perfectly. >> Do you have the same symptoms? > > No idea, no SATA here. Joris, can you please

Re: ATA_PIIX - soft resetting port, port is slow to respond, machine "freezes" for a few seconds

2007-09-06 Thread Tejun Heo
Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > Joris schrieb: >> Hello Tomasz, >> >> >> This appears remarkably simelar to what I'm experiencing, altough I'm >> getting that on sata ports. >> I'm currently at a loss on what caused this, but if there's two of >> us... ;-) >> See: http://marc.info/?l=linux-ide&m=118812

[PATCH] Remove sync waiting code from libata

2007-09-06 Thread Matthew Wilcox
By using the scsi async probing code, we can remove the 'sync' argument from ata_scsi_scan_host(): diff -u b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c --- b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c @@ -6362,10 +6362,15 @@ } } +/* + * Give ourselves ten seco

Re: Stardom SATA HSM violation

2007-09-06 Thread Tejun Heo
Hello, Mark Lord wrote: > I reported a very similar bug back a few releases ago. > Anyone who wants to try it themselves, can do this with hdparm-7.7 (from > sourceforge): > >hdparm --drq-hsm-error /dev/sda > > Whether or not it hangs the machine does depend upon exactly which SATA > LLD is

Re: Bug#419482: Kernel 2.6.18 - ALI15X3 driver too optmistic about UDMA

2007-09-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hi, I reported this problem initially to the Debian BTS back in April, but I've not had a chance to follow up on it since - the moment I got the system up and running again, it needed to keep running as a build daemon for us. Now I've got some downtime to allow me to delve further... On the "cats