On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:02:03 -0500 Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > This laptop has long timeouts during bootup. Something is > > wrong. This is a Sony VAIO NG170. On a positive note suspend works. > > > > Here is the console log during the 40 seconds of dead time. > > > > [ 2.942000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64 > > [ 2.942000] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x18B0 ctl 0x18A6 bmdma 0x1890 irq 225 > > [ 2.942000] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x18A8 ctl 0x18A2 bmdma 0x1898 irq 225 > > [ 2.942000] scsi0 : ata_piix > > [ 3.094000] ata1.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/100, 234441648 sectors: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) > > [ 3.094000] ata1.00: ata1: dev 0 multi count 16 > > [ 3.097000] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 > > [ 3.097000] scsi1 : ata_piix > > [ 10.144000] ata2: port is slow to respond, please be patient > > [ 33.104000] ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs) > > [ 33.255000] ata2: SRST failed (status 0xFF) > > [ 33.255000] ata2: SRST failed (err_mask=0x100) > > [ 33.255000] ata2: softreset failed, retrying in 5 secs > > [ 38.407000] ata2: SRST failed (status 0xFF) > > [ 38.407000] ata2: SRST failed (err_mask=0x100) > > [ 38.407000] ata2: softreset failed, retrying in 5 secs > > [ 43.560000] ata2: SRST failed (status 0xFF) > > [ 43.560000] ata2: SRST failed (err_mask=0x100) > > [ 43.560000] ata2: reset failed, giving up > > [ 43.560000] Vendor: ATA Model: FUJITSU MHV2120B Rev: 0000 > > [ 43.561000] Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 > > [ 43.567000] SCSI device sda: 234441648 512-byte hdwr sectors (120034 MB) > > ACK or NAK -- does 2.6.20-rc1 fix this? > > Jeff This seems to be resolved. The whole boot takes a couple of seconds on ATA. -- Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> - To unsubscribe from this list: 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