On Sun, 06 May 2007 16:35:11 +0200, Sven Lemke wrote: > I'm using kernel 2.6.21-mm1 and get strange problems when connecting > my new SATA DVD writer to the TX2Plus Promise controller. It works > with an slightly older kernel version though. And since I couldn't figure > out who is responsible for the driver I decided to post my problem here. How much older? Does 2.6.21 vanilla work? > sata_promise 0000:00:0b.0: version 2.05 > ... > ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > ata2.00: ATAPI, max UDMA/33 > ata2.00: applying bridge limits > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk > sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 > scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S183L SB01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 > ... > ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > ata2.00: (port_status 0x20200000) > ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:20/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 0 > res 40/00:02:00:60:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x5 (timeout) etc Probably fallout from a mistake I made in the error decoding update. Apply the patch below, try again, and let us know if it works or not. /Mikael --- linux-2.6.21-mm1/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c.~1~ 2007-05-05 22:24:41.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.21-mm1/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c 2007-05-05 22:25:21.000000000 +0200 @@ -653,6 +653,8 @@ static void pdc_error_intr(struct ata_po qc->err_mask |= ac_err_mask; pdc_reset_port(ap); + + ata_port_abort(ap); } static inline unsigned int pdc_host_intr( struct ata_port *ap, - 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