On 04/20/2010 04:47 AM, bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15815 Summary: pata_legacy causes machine check Product: IO/Storage Version: 2.5 Kernel Version: 2.6.34-rc4 Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Tree: Mainline Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: IDE AssignedTo: io_ide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ReportedBy: joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxx Regression: No Hi, upon load of the module pata_legacy, the kernel prints out these messages: [ 292.354954] Machine check in kernel mode. [ 292.362298] Caused by (from SRR1=141030): Transfer error ack signal [ 292.369603] Machine check in kernel mode. [ 292.376759] Caused by (from SRR1=141030): Transfer error ack signal [ 292.384021] Machine check in kernel mode. [ 292.391157] Caused by (from SRR1=141030): Transfer error ack signal [ 292.398301] Machine check in kernel mode. [ 292.405328] Caused by (from SRR1=141030): Transfer error ack signal [ 292.412479] Machine check in kernel mode. [ 292.419481] Caused by (from SRR1=141030): Transfer error ack signal [ 292.426554] Machine check in kernel mode. [ 292.433432] Caused by (from SRR1=141030): Transfer error ack signal [ 292.440304] Machine check in kernel mode. [ 292.446972] Caused by (from SRR1=141030): Transfer error ack signal [ 292.453776] Machine check in kernel mode. [ 292.460357] Caused by (from SRR1=141030): Transfer error ack signal [ 292.466907] Machine check in kernel mode. [ 292.473329] Caused by (from SRR1=141030): Transfer error ack signal [ 292.479881] Machine check in kernel mode. [ 292.486311] Caused by (from SRR1=141030): Transfer error ack signal [ 292.492893] Machine check in kernel mode. [ 292.499426] Caused by (from SRR1=141030): Transfer error ack signal [ 292.506763] Machine check in kernel mode. [ 292.513518] Caused by (from SRR1=141030): Transfer error ack signal [ 292.520355] Oops: Machine check, sig: 7 [#1] [ 292.527133] PowerMac [ 292.533814] last sysfs file: /sys/module/libata/initstate [ 292.540592] Modules linked in: pata_legacy(+) ext2 sd_mod firewire_ohci libata firewire_core crc_itu_t [last unloaded: pata_macio] [ 292.554912] NIP: c001610c LR: ea0eae88 CTR: c0016104 [ 292.562118] REGS: e6dc3d60 TRAP: 0200 Not tainted (2.6.34-rc4-test-2) [ 292.569473] MSR: 00141030<ME,IR,DR> CR: 24022488 XER: 20000000 [ 292.577030] TASK = e6cc6ed0[525] 'modprobe' THREAD: e6dc2000 [ 292.577219] GPR00: ea0eb4ec e6dc3e10 e6cc6ed0 000000ac fce793f6 e6d78000 e6c8ac14 00000001 [ 292.585036] GPR08: 00000000 ea4aa9c4 ea4aaaa8 c0016104 84022488 1002582c ea4aa9c4 00810001 [ 292.592931] GPR16: 00810001 c049785c 00000001 000003f6 00000001 ea4aa6ae ea4aa810 00000000 [ 292.600904] GPR24: 000001f0 ea4aa810 e6d78000 e6c8ac14 00000000 00000000 00000001 e6d78000 [ 292.616742] NIP [c001610c] ioread8+0x8/0x18 [ 292.624785] LR [ea0eae88] ata_sff_check_status+0x14/0x28 [libata] [ 292.632830] Call Trace: [ 292.640880] [e6dc3e10] [ea4aa6ae] legacy_base_port_ops+0x1ea/0xfffff754 [pata_legacy] (unreliable) [ 292.649324] [e6dc3e20] [ea0eb4ec] ata_sff_freeze+0x4c/0x74 [libata] [ 292.657787] [e6dc3e30] [ea0e575c] __ata_port_freeze+0x3c/0x5c [libata] [ 292.666279] [e6dc3e40] [ea0e57ac] ata_eh_freeze_port+0x30/0x58 [libata] [ 292.674799] [e6dc3e50] [ea0db1e0] ata_host_start+0x26c/0x300 [libata] [ 292.683299] [e6dc3e70] [ea0db2b0] ata_host_activate+0x3c/0x144 [libata] [ 292.691773] [e6dc3e90] [ea4afdb0] legacy_init+0xdb0/0x1008 [pata_legacy] [ 292.700254] [e6dc3f00] [c0003eec] do_one_initcall+0x70/0x20c [ 292.708741] [e6dc3f20] [c0062c0c] sys_init_module+0xf4/0x248 [ 292.717165] [e6dc3f40] [c0012e2c] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x38 [ 292.725520] --- Exception: c01 at 0xff5e0c4 [ 292.725523] LR = 0x100057b0 [ 292.741928] Instruction dump: [ 292.749996] 7fe3fb78 83410018 7c0803a6 8361001c 83810020 83a10024 83c10028 83e1002c [ 292.758398] 38210030 4e800020 7c0004ac 88630000<0c030000> 4c00012c 5463063e 4e800020 [ 292.767014] ---[ end trace 529ce4fa7f676244 ]--- % cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : 7455, altivec supported clock : 606.000000MHz revision : 3.3 (pvr 8001 0303) bogomips : 36.86 timebase : 18432000 platform : PowerMac model : PowerBook6,3 machine : PowerBook6,3 motherboard : PowerBook6,3 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh detected as : 287 (iBook G4) pmac flags : 0000001b L2 cache : 256K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld Memory : 640 MB % lspci 0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 AGP 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M9+ 5C63 [Radeon Mobility 9200 (AGP)] (rev 01) 0001:10:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 PCI 0001:10:12.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03) 0001:10:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid Mac I/O 0001:10:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB 0001:10:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB 0001:10:1a.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB 0001:10:1b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 0001:10:1b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 0001:10:1b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04) 0002:20:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 Internal PCI 0002:20:0d.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Intrepid ATA/100 0002:20:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 FireWire (rev 81) 0002:20:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev 80)
Hmm. This driver basically bangs on some legacy IDE IO ports and tries to see if there's anything there. It seems like this machine doesn't like that very much.
Does it really make sense for this driver to be enabled for non-x86? -- 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
