Forgive me if I am posting off topic or in the wrong place. I am also experiencing the same problem but with sata_sil24 running Fedora Core 9 with kernel 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686. And I think you are right about it not being contained with sata_mv On cold boot with all drives in the array the system fails to see any drives. If I boot without the drives I can connect them , up to 3 drives. If do rmmod sata_sil24 && modprobe sata_sil24 with 3 out of 4 drives connected. And it takes some time to load sata_sil24 If I am wrong for posting here please let me know. If I can help in anyway also let me know. Thank you Here is some logs / info about what I have /** * output of lshal of SIlcon Image 3124 * udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1095_3124' info.linux.driver = 'sata_sil24' (string) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_244e' (string) info.product = 'SiI 3124 PCI-X Serial ATA Controller' (string) info.subsystem = 'pci' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1095_3124' (string) info.vendor = 'Silicon Image, Inc.' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int) linux.subsystem = 'pci' (string) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:01:07.0' (string) pci.device_class = 1 (0x1) (int) pci.device_protocol = 0 (0x0) (int) pci.device_subclass = 128 (0x80) (int) pci.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:01:07.0' (string) pci.product = 'SiI 3124 PCI-X Serial ATA Controller' (string) pci.product_id = 12580 (0x3124) (int) pci.subsys_product = 'SiI 3124 PCI-X Serial ATA Controller' (string) pci.subsys_product_id = 12580 (0x3124) (int) pci.subsys_vendor = 'Silicon Image, Inc.' (string) pci.subsys_vendor_id = 4245 (0x1095) (int) pci.vendor = 'Silicon Image, Inc.' (string) pci.vendor_id = 4245 (0x1095) (int) * */ /** * output of mod reload [root@localhost ~]# rmmod sata_sil24 && time modprobe sata_sil24 real 1m16.232s user 0m0.020s sys 0m0.019s * */ /** * dmesg of ata * scsi14 : sata_sil24 scsi15 : sata_sil24 scsi16 : sata_sil24 scsi17 : sata_sil24 ata15: SATA max UDMA/100 host m128@0xfdfffc00 port 0xfdff0000 irq 9 ata16: SATA max UDMA/100 host m128@0xfdfffc00 port 0xfdff2000 irq 9 ata17: SATA max UDMA/100 host m128@0xfdfffc00 port 0xfdff4000 irq 9 ata18: SATA max UDMA/100 host m128@0xfdfffc00 port 0xfdff6000 irq 9 ata15: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 10) ata15.15: Port Multiplier 1.1, 0x1095:0x3726 r23, 6 ports, feat 0x1/0x9 ata15.00: hard resetting link ata15.00: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) ata15.01: hard resetting link ata15.01: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata15.02: hard resetting link ata15.02: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata15.03: hard resetting link ata15.03: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310) ata15.04: hard resetting link ata15.04: softreset failed (SRST command error) ata15.04: reset failed (errno=-5), retrying in 10 secs ata15.04: hard resetting link ata15.04: failed to read SCR 2 (Emask=0x40) ata15.04: failed to read SCR 2 (Emask=0x40) ata15.04: COMRESET failed (errno=-5) ata15.04: failed to read SCR 0 (Emask=0x40) ata15.04: reset failed, giving up ata15.15: hard resetting link ata15.15: softreset failed (SRST command error) ata15.15: reset failed (errno=-5), retrying in 8 secs ata15.15: hard resetting link ata15.15: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 10) ata15.00: hard resetting link ata15.00: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) ata15.01: hard resetting link ata15.01: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata15.02: hard resetting link ata15.02: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata15.03: hard resetting link ata15.03: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310) ata15.04: hard resetting link ata15.04: softreset failed (SRST command error) ata15.04: reset failed (errno=-5), retrying in 10 secs ata15.04: hard resetting link ata15.04: failed to read SCR 2 (Emask=0x40) ata15.04: failed to read SCR 2 (Emask=0x40) ata15.04: COMRESET failed (errno=-5) ata15.04: failed to read SCR 0 (Emask=0x40) ata15.04: reset failed, giving up ata15.15: hard resetting link ata15: controller in dubious state, performing PORT_RST ata15.15: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 10) ata15.00: hard resetting link ata15.00: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) ata15.01: hard resetting link ata15.01: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata15.02: hard resetting link ata15.02: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata15.03: hard resetting link ata15.03: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310) ata15.04: hard resetting link ata15.04: softreset failed (SRST command error) ata15.04: reset failed (errno=-5), retrying in 10 secs ata15.04: hard resetting link ata15.04: failed to read SCR 2 (Emask=0x40) ata15.04: failed to read SCR 2 (Emask=0x40) ata15.04: COMRESET failed (errno=-5) ata15.04: failed to read SCR 0 (Emask=0x40) ata15.04: reset failed, giving up ata15.04: failed to recover link after 3 tries, disabling ata15: failed to recover PMP, retrying in 5 secs ata15.15: hard resetting link ata15.15: softreset failed (SRST command error) ata15.15: reset failed (errno=-5), retrying in 8 secs ata15.15: hard resetting link ata15.15: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 10) ata15.00: hard resetting link ata15.00: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) ata15.01: hard resetting link ata15.01: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata15.02: hard resetting link ata15.02: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata15.03: hard resetting link ata15.03: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310) ata15.05: hard resetting link ata15.05: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) ata15.00: ATA-8: WDC WD7500AACS-00ZJB0, 01.01B01, max UDMA/133 ata15.00: 1465149168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32) ata15.00: configured for UDMA/100 ata15.01: ATA-8: WDC WD7500AACS-00ZJB0, 01.01B01, max UDMA/133 ata15.01: 1465149168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32) ata15.01: configured for UDMA/100 ata15.02: ATA-8: WDC WD7500AACS-00ZJB0, 01.01B01, max UDMA/133 ata15.02: 1465149168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32) ata15.02: configured for UDMA/100 ata15.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x1 t4 ata15.00: irq_stat 0x00060002, failed to transmit command FIS ata15.00: configured for UDMA/100 ata15: EH complete ata16: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 0) ata17: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 0) ata18: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 0) scsi 14:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD7500AACS-0 01.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 sd 14:0:0:0: [sdb] 1465149168 512-byte hardware sectors (750156 MB) sd 14:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off sd 14:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 14:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 14:0:0:0: [sdb] 1465149168 512-byte hardware sectors (750156 MB) sd 14:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off sd 14:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 14:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sdb: sdb1 sd 14:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk sd 14:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 scsi 14:1:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD7500AACS-0 01.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 sd 14:1:0:0: [sdc] 1465149168 512-byte hardware sectors (750156 MB) sd 14:1:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off sd 14:1:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 14:1:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 14:1:0:0: [sdc] 1465149168 512-byte hardware sectors (750156 MB) sd 14:1:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off sd 14:1:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 14:1:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sdc: sdc1 sd 14:1:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk sd 14:1:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 scsi 14:2:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD7500AACS-0 01.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 sd 14:2:0:0: [sdd] 1465149168 512-byte hardware sectors (750156 MB) sd 14:2:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off sd 14:2:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 14:2:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 14:2:0:0: [sdd] 1465149168 512-byte hardware sectors (750156 MB) sd 14:2:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off sd 14:2:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 14:2:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sdd: sdd1 sd 14:2:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk sd 14:2:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0 */ -- 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
