On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:16:27 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8784 > > Summary: ata_piix cannot see ICHx IDE devices > Product: IO/Storage > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.22 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: IDE > AssignedTo: bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx > ReportedBy: amsden_linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur:2.6.19 (Knoppix) > Distribution:ubuntu > Hardware Environment: intel ich4 chipset > Software Environment: ubuntu gutsy gibbon testing > Problem Description: ata_piix does not detect ide drives with intel ICHx > chipsets. This problem has been the subject of numerous bug reports and forum > posts in the ubuntu community. The most obvious manifestation is when a user > succesfully begins to boot the ubuntu desktop cd, only to have it fail as it > attempts to mount the file system. another manifestation occurs when a user > with an ide or sata hard drive on an ICHx chipset machine attempts to boot > after upgrading the kernel from 2.6.17 (in ubuntu 6.10) to 2.6.20 (in ubuntu > 7.04) > > Steps to reproduce: attempt to boot ubuntu with kernel 2.6.20 - 2.6.22 on a > machine with an intel ide chipset. Any drives attached to the ide bus will not > be recognized. I am writing this on an ubuntu machine which uses the ich4 ide > bus to connect to the cd drive, but a scsi bus for the hard drive. This > necessitated a netboot installation, and the installed system is still unable > to utilize the hard disk. > > Here is the dmesg|grep ata output (with two irrelevant lines containing the > word "data" removed) > [ 45.780805] libata version 2.21 loaded. > [ 45.782248] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.11 > [ 45.782435] scsi0 : ata_piix > [ 45.782496] scsi1 : ata_piix > [ 45.782527] ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x000101f0 ctl 0x000103f6 bmdma > 0x000124a0 irq 14 > [ 45.782530] ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x00010170 ctl 0x00010376 bmdma > 0x000124a8 irq 15 > [ 45.782555] ata1: port disabled. ignoring. > That sounds rather serious? - 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