On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote: :> kernel, kernel send RESET to SATA drive and password need to be entered :again > - so the kernel panics because it cant mount rootfs. How this :problem can be solved ? :This is definitely an under-tested area, as most people do not enable this :feature. : :Make sure libata module option 'noacpi' is disabled (0). .......... [Hors]:root:~ # cat /sys/module/libata/parameters/noacpi 0 ......... :It sounds like a software bug, not HDD manufacturer bug, to me. Seems like something like "do_not_hard_reset" parameter for libata shoud exists, or may be different kind of resets exits in standart, for which password do not clear. My previous laptop was with IDE WD drive - no such problem existed for it. Seems like only SATA drives hits this. : : Rus -- 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
