On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:25 AM, gettinther <gettinther@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > Sorry for the delay Here's the message with debug Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: sata_nv 0000:00:05.1: Using SWNCQ mode Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: scsi2 : sata_nv Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: scsi3 : sata_nv Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xb880 ctl 0xb800 bmdma 0xb080 irq 22 Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xb480 ctl 0xb400 bmdma 0xb088 irq 22 Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: ata3: hard resetting link Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: XXX classify 12/00 Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: ata3: EH complete Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: ata4: hard resetting link Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: ata4: EH complete Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSA2] enabled at IRQ 21 Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:05.2[C] -> Link [LSA2] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: sata_nv 0000:00:05.2: Using SWNCQ mode Oct 21 07:39:35 dranagh1 kernel: scsi4 : sata_nv -- 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