r93072 wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:17:42 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote >> Tejun Heo wrote: >>> r93072 wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> I have some questions when using sata_sil24 for silicon image 3132. >>>> One port of this chip connects to silicon image 5723. My kernel >>>> version is 2.6.18.6. When I turn on my eSATA device, some error >>>> messages would be produced. >>>> >>>> ata2: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen >>>> ata2: (irq_stat 0x00b00090, PHY RDY changed) >>>> ata2: waiting for device to spin up (8 secs) >>>> ata2: soft resetting port >>>> ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) >>>> ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) >>>> ata2.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x104) >>>> ata2: hard resetting port >>>> ata2: softreset failed (port not ready) >>>> ata2: follow-up softreset failed, retrying in 5 secs >>>> ata2: hard resetting port >>>> ata2: softreset failed (port not ready) >>>> ata2: follow-up softreset failed, retrying in 5 secs >>>> ata2: hard resetting port >>>> ata2: softreset failed (port not ready) >>>> ata2: reset failed, giving up >>>> ata2: EH complete >>>> >>>> It seems that driver would receive the interrupt signal from eSATA >>>> device but can not reset the chip. Could you give any idea about >>>> it ? Thanks a lot. >>> * What's the failing device? An external hard disk cage? > Yeah, it is an external hard disk cage. > > >>> * Does any other port of the controller has some device attached and >>> working? > Only the cage the sil5723. Okay two things. 1. Make sure IRQ works by attaching a regular hard disk. 2. PMP is not supported by the kernel you're using. You need to patch the kernel. -- tejun - 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