Raphael Bossek wrote: > Hi, > > I get the PATA interface of my Promise PDC40775 (SATA 300 TX2plus) working. > But now I run into trouble while connecting a SimpleTech CompactFlash card > SLCF512J2U-F (512MB). This are are the messages from log: > > sata_promise 0000:00:0a.0: version 1.04 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 217 > sata_promise PATA port found > ata9: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xBE9D0200 ctl 0xBE9D0238 bmdma 0x0 irq 217 > ata10: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xBE9D0280 ctl 0xBE9D02B8 bmdma 0x0 irq 217 > sata_promiseDisabling SATA for third port > ata11: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xBE9D0300 ctl 0xBE9D0338 bmdma 0x0 irq 217 > ata9: SATA link down (SStatus 0) > scsi8 : sata_promise > ata10: SATA link down (SStatus 0) > scsi9 : sata_promise > ata11: dev 0 cfg 49:0300 82:7068 83:4004 84:4000 85:7068 86:0004 87:4000 88:0000 > ata11: dev 0 ATA-0, max MWDMA2, 1000944 sectors: LBA > ata11: dev 0 configured for MWDMA2 > scsi10 : sata_promise > Vendor: ATA Model: STI Flash 7.3.0 Rev: 06/1 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 > SCSI device sdb: 1000944 512-byte hdwr sectors (512 MB) > sdb: Write Protect is off > sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back > SCSI device sdb: 1000944 512-byte hdwr sectors (512 MB) > sdb: Write Protect is off > sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back > sdb:<3>ata11: command timeout > ata11: translated ATA stat/err 0xff/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00 > ata11: status=0xff { Busy } > sd 10:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002 > sdb: Current: sense key: Aborted Command > Additional sense: Scsi parity error > Info fld=0xfffffff > end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 > Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 > ata11: command timeout > ata11: translated ATA stat/err 0xff/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00 > ata11: status=0xff { Busy } > sd 10:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002 > sdb: Current: sense key: Aborted Command > Additional sense: Scsi parity error > Info fld=0xfffffff > end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 > Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 > unable to read partition table > sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb > > How can I identify the real problem for this device ? > It seems MWDMA2 is turned on for the CF device. Some CF to IDE adapter doesn't like DMA. Maybe that's the problem. For debug, could you please #define ATA_DEBUG and ATA_VERBOSE_DEBUG in <linux/libata.h> and recompile the kernel for detailed log. Thanks, Albert - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html