Michal Piotrowski wrote: > 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 Please post full dmesg and full 'hdparm -I' result. Also, if possible, please try 2.6.22.5. Even if it doesn't fix the problem, it would report error conditions better. -- 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