CF flash IDE failure to attach with 2.6.20+

2007-06-18 Thread Andrew_hall
lidation failed (errno=-5) ata1.00: disabled ata1: EH complete At this point the CF is inoperable. I've had no issue prior to 2.6.20. Is this a known issue? Is there a fix? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/CF-flash-IDE-failure-to-attach-with-2.6.20%2B-tf3939321.html#a1

Re: CF flash IDE failure to attach with 2.6.20+

2007-06-18 Thread Tejun Heo
Andrew_hall wrote: > We have a series of machines that use CF as a boot media. Since upgrading to > 2.6.20 (tried .9-.14), system will boot (from the flash media) but then fail > to initialise the same media. Here is the dmesg from 2.6.20.14: > > ata_piix :00:1f.2: version 2.00ac7 > ata_piix 0

Re: CF flash IDE failure to attach with 2.6.20+

2007-06-18 Thread Alan Cox
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:26:11 +0900 Tejun Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew_hall wrote: > > We have a series of machines that use CF as a boot media. Since upgrading to > > 2.6.20 (tried .9-.14), system will boot (from the flash media) but then fail > > to initialise the same media. Here is t

RE: CF flash IDE failure to attach with 2.6.20+

2007-06-18 Thread Andrew Hall
> > > > For some reason, mwdma doesn't work in libata now. I'm not sure why > > tho. Alan, can you enlighten us? > > No idea at all. All my hardware is still happy. 2.6.20 is an "old" > kernel > however so it does predate the fixes you did for ata_piix mode setup ? Old - yes, but more stable in

RE: CF flash IDE failure to attach with 2.6.20+

2007-06-18 Thread Andrew Hall
> > ata1.00: configured for MWDMA2 > > For some reason, mwdma doesn't work in libata now. I'm not sure why > tho. Alan, can you enlighten us? If the CF is having trouble with DMA, how do I specifically turn off DMA only on this one bus? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscr

Re: CF flash IDE failure to attach with 2.6.20+

2007-06-18 Thread Tejun Heo
Andrew Hall wrote: >>> For some reason, mwdma doesn't work in libata now. I'm not sure why >>> tho. Alan, can you enlighten us? >> No idea at all. All my hardware is still happy. 2.6.20 is an "old" >> kernel >> however so it does predate the fixes you did for ata_piix mode setup ? > > Old - yes,

RE: CF flash IDE failure to attach with 2.6.20+

2007-06-20 Thread Andrew Hall
> I suppose you were using ata_piix too in older kernel, right? Can you > post the boot dmesg of 2.6.19? We used to ignore mwdma mode before and > enabled it at some point after that. That may be the cause here. > > Also, please try the attached patch on top of 2.6.20. Sorry guys, I've actuall

Re: CF flash IDE failure to attach with 2.6.20+

2007-06-20 Thread Tejun Heo
Andrew Hall wrote: >> I suppose you were using ata_piix too in older kernel, right? Can you >> post the boot dmesg of 2.6.19? We used to ignore mwdma mode before and >> enabled it at some point after that. That may be the cause here. >> >> Also, please try the attached patch on top of 2.6.20. >

RE: CF flash IDE failure to attach with 2.6.20+

2007-06-21 Thread Andrew Hall
> > Does piix driver work? If so, can you post boot dmesg and the result > of > 'hdparm -I /dev/hdX'? Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be detected at all, although I'm not exactly sure which driver you're referring to. I have tried: New ATA drivers: Intel ESB, ICH, PIIX3, PIIX4 PATA/SATA suppo

Re: CF flash IDE failure to attach with 2.6.20+

2007-06-21 Thread Mark Lord
Andrew Hall wrote: Does piix driver work? If so, can you post boot dmesg and the result of 'hdparm -I /dev/hdX'? Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be detected at all, although I'm not exactly sure which driver you're referring to. I have tried: New ATA drivers: Intel ESB, ICH, PIIX3, PIIX4 PA

RE: CF flash IDE failure to attach with 2.6.20+

2007-06-21 Thread Andrew Hall
> I think Tejun would like you to patch the PCI ID for your ICH8 > into the "Old ATA/IDE PIIXn" driver, and then try that. Maybe I'm a bit slow on the uptake, but how exactly do I do this "patch the PCI ID into the driver"? I run a monolithic kernel will all these drivers compiled in. None of th

RE: CF flash IDE failure to attach with 2.6.20+

2007-06-25 Thread Andrew Hall
> Does piix driver work? If so, can you post boot dmesg and the result > of > 'hdparm -I /dev/hdX'? I've still been battling to get this hardware detected with any of the drivers mentioned previously except the newer libata piix driver. However when using the old driver and using "all-generic-ide