On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:04 AM, gettinther <gettinther@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:44 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> gettinther wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:22 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> gettinther wrote: >>>>> The log simply ignores the drive altogether. >>>>> >>>>> from the sound coming from the drive, it does seem that the drive >>>>> initially starts at boot, then stops. After that stage the device >>>>> detection takes place. as the item is a pata to sata converter >>>>> (emulated sata), it does not support hot plugging. >>>>> >>>>> I also need to mention that this behavior (start-stop during boot) did >>>>> not happen on the 2.6.24 and I need to check the 2.6.27. However the >>>>> device is detected by both of these kernels. >>>> Hmmm... >>>> >>>>> Oct 14 21:18:12 localhost kernel: ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus >>>>> 113 SControl 300) >>>> Hmmm... Can you please apply the attached patch on top of it and >>>> report the boot log? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> tejun >>>> >>> >>> here it is. Let me know if you need other parts of the logs. >> >> Ah.. okay, you need to change .hardreset to ATA_OP_NULL instead of >> sata_std_hardreset. >> >> -- >> tejun >> > > On both 2.6.26 and 2.6.27 or just the 2.6.26? The initial patch does > work on the 2.6.27 > > Thanks, > > Cyrille > Tried replacing sata_std_hardreset with ATA_OP_NULL but it didn't work. I'll add back the debug patch and post the results -- 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