Chuck Ebbert wrote: > On 12/05/2007 06:53 PM, Chuck Ebbert wrote: >> With kernel 2.6.23 on an Acer 7220 notebook using nVidia MCP67 SATA, >> hard drives are only detected after first booting from a CD. >> >> Boot from hard drive No drives detected >> >> Boot live CD Detected >> >> Boot CD to GRUB menu, Detected >> then warm-boot from hard >> drive >> >> >> Non-detect case: >> >> ahci 0000:00:09.0: version 2.3 >> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSI0] enabled at IRQ 23 >> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> Link [LSI0] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> >> IRQ 16 >> input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse as /class/input/input2 >> ahci 0000:00:09.0: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0xf impl IDE mode >> ahci 0000:00:09.0: flags: 64bit sntf led clo pmp pio slum part >> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:09.0 to 64 >> scsi0 : ahci >> scsi1 : ahci >> scsi2 : ahci >> scsi3 : ahci >> ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf8854100 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 221 >> ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf8854180 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 221 >> ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf8854200 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 221 >> ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf8854280 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 221 >> ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) >> ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) >> ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) >> ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) >> Waiting for driver initialization >> >> But, if a LiveCD is used to boot or if a LiveCD was used before an hot reboot >> (without a power off), disks are correctly found : >> >> Loading ahci.ko >> ahci 0000:00:09.0: version 2.3 >> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSI0] enabled at IRQ 23 >> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> Link [LSI0] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> >> IRQ 16 >> input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse as /class/input/input2 >> ahci 0000:00:09.0: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0xf impl IDE mode >> ahci 0000:00:09.0: flags: 64bit sntf led clo pmp pio slum part >> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:09.0 to 64 >> scsi0 : ahci >> scsi1 : ahci >> scsi2 : ahci >> scsi3 : ahci >> ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf8854100 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 221 >> ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf8854180 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 221 >> ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf8854200 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 221 >> ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf8854280 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 221 >> ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) >> ata1.00: ATA-7: Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00, SBDOC70P, max UDMA/100 >> ata1.00: 234441648 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) >> ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 >> ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) >> ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) >> ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) >> >> > > Possibly fixed by: > > Commit: 3cc3eb1148e4b2dfabf7a1dcf36fd8be1331ca95 > [libata] AHCI: enable AHCI mode, before using AHCI reset > > Plus: > > Commit: ab6fc95f609b372a19e18ea689986846ab1ba29c > [libata] AHCI: fix newly introduced host-reset bug > > ?? Is it fixed by the above two patches? Or are you saying that the above two patches look like they might fix the problem? Thanks. -- 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