Hi, [Adding linux-ide to CC] On 25/08/07, Bryan Woods <bryan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi KML > > I am installing gentoo 2007.0 (kernel 2.6.19) on a dual AMD Opteron server (total of 4 cores). The hard disk is a Stardom 2611-2S-S1 device: actually two 250GB drives in a RAID0 config managed by the device itself - it should appear to the kernel as one SATA drive. If it matters, the underlying HDs are "Seagate Barracuda 7200 10"s. Here's the device: > > http://www.synetic.net/Synetic-Products/Stardoms/SR-2611-SA/Stardom-2611.htm > > During the install and at different points in the process I get an "HSM violation" and the system becomes unresponsive. It looks like a similar situation to: > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/6/195 > > Will more recent kernels work with this hardware (should I keep it and try the install again) or should I switch hardware to something more compatible (like an Adaptec card)? > > Thanks! > Bryan > > -- > console output: > > tag 0 cmd 0x39 Emask 0x2 stat 0x58 err 0x0 (HSM violation) > exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > > -- > Output from hdparm -I /dev/sda: > > /dev/sda: > > ATA device, with non-removable media > Model Number: STARDOM V.36.A0B > Serial Number: > Firmware Revision: V.36.A0B > Standards: > Used: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 0 > > [snip] > > Commands/features: > Enabled Supported: > * SMART feature set > * Power Management feature set > * Advanced Power Management feature set > * 48-bit Address feature set > * Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE > * SATA-I signaling speed (1.5 Gb/s) > * SATA-II signaling speed (3.0 Gb/s) > > -- > Parts of dmesg: > libata version 2.00 loaded > sata_nv 0000:00:05.0: version 2.0 > ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xD480 ctl 0xD402 bmdma 0xCC00 irq 21 > ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xD080 ctl 0xD002 bmdma 0xCC08 irq 21 > scsi0 : sata_nv > ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > ata1.00: ATA-6, max UDMA/133,976794112 sectors: LBA48 > ata1.00: ata1: dev 0 multi count 1 > ata1.00: applying bridge limits > ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 > Regards, Michal -- LOG http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/log/ - 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