> On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 13:02:56 -0500 Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 09:49:58AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:43:59 +0100 Roberto Oppedisano <roppedisano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Andrew Morton wrote, On 11/07/2007 09:13 PM: > > > >> On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:15:07 +0100 Roberto Oppedisano <roppedisano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Hello. > > > >> I noticed that after suspending to ram the DVD-ROM/CDRW > > > >> drive in no more recognized on my laptop. Looking at dmesg > > > >> after suspend i found: > > > >> > > > >> [ 5.313446] ata2.00: _GTF unexpected object type 0x1 > > > >> [ 5.313453] ata2.00: ACPI on devcfg failed the second time, disabling > > > >> (errno=-22) > > > >> [ 5.313457] ata2.00: revalidation failed (errno=1) > > > >> [ 5.313459] ata2.00: disabled > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Not sure when the bug was introduced or if it has been always been there > > > >> (but I can investigate if needed). > > > >> > > > >> More details on request. > > > >> > > > >> Following dmesg pre and after suspend. > > > > Yes, it would be useful if you could work ot whether this worked OK in an > > > > earlier kernel, thanks. > > > Hello Andrew. > > > The bug has been recently added. > > > > > > I did a git-bisect, but the result is probably not completely useful, > > > because many kernel did non build with my config, and I marked them as bad. > > > > Those build errors are bad. Please report them. They directly prevented > > you from finding the commit which caused this regression. > > > > The only way in which we'll stop people doing crap like this is to rub > > their noses (and the person who committed its nose) in it. > > > > > Anyway here's the output of git-bisect: > > > > > > rao@infra-bb:/usr/src/linux-2.6$ git bisect bad > > > 99874d50481c093adfe74e796436024d88b6a48c is first bad commit > > > commit 99874d50481c093adfe74e796436024d88b6a48c > > > Author: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > Date: Fri Oct 12 12:50:41 2007 +0200 > > > > > > [BLOCK] Only include the compat ioctl code if CONFIG_BLOCK is set > > > > > > Add an extra CONFIG_BLOCK_COMPAT that we can use in the Makefile > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > :040000 040000 f88b7b0e496edb8fbdd4bc74abd1a742a6a1d6d9 > > > 32ead3bd57b52a664cc8ccb662195041868d7632 M block > > > > > > ... > > > > > > If needed I can do further investigation, changing the assumption of > > > efefc6eb38d43b8e5daef482f575d767b002004e to good and see if the bisect > > > points to a different commit. > > > > Yes, it'll be some other commit. Sorry. > > > > It would help you (and me) if an ata developer could pay some attention. > > > > Rafael, please track this as an ata regression. > > We unfortunately need to bounce this ACPI people. > > We recently turned on ACPI by default in libata, which INTRODUCES the > ability of the BIOS to pass random, unknown-quality ATA commands to the > device. > > I highly expect some breakage related to this... if ACPI folks > determine it is not an ACPI bug, then its a firmware bug and we will > have to avoid that firmware on that platform. > > Set module option "noacpi" to 1, to disable ACPI and see if that fixes > the problem. > > This will be a common diagnosis and workaround, FWIW... > I suspect it wold be best to disable the feature for the 2.6.24 release, then reenable it afterwards and keep doing this until the code is sufficiently stable. - 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
