<wim@xxxxxxxxx> Bcc: Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.29-rc2-git1 to -rc5: libata lockup on boot, LED solid, 100% CPU Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <18841.54304.460011.351580@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> X-Priority: none [CC'd Sergei and Wim; thanks a lot for your work!] Hi, On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:01:20PM +0100, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > Andreas Mohr writes: > > Should I test 2.6.28.5? Every build will take two hours though... > > Not ATA-SFF 32bit bug problem, right? (already committed?) > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123254501314058&w=2 > > To me it looks like the 32-bit PIO bug. The patch you cited above was > just the first to identify the issue. This is still unfixed in 29-rc5. > Please test Sergei's latest proposed patch posted yesterday to linux-ide. Bingo. That patch ( http://marc.info/?l=linux-ide&m=123482861218381&w=2 ) made -rc5 boot for me. Well, after additionally disabling iTCO_wdt.ko, that is... (on my Dell Inspiron 8000 i810) And HDD did seem to be a wee bit more reponsive, too, but that could be mere illusion... Thanks, Andreas Mohr -- 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