Re: Promise SX-6000 Pro on 2.6.8.1

[Matt Heler <lkml@lpbproductions.com>]

This is a known issue. Consider using the 2.4 kernel for the time being until 
the Promise SX-6000 GPL driver can be ported to the 2.6 kernel.

Matt H.

On Tuesday 31 August 2004 9:56 pm, Matt wrote:
> Hello
>
> 	I have recently attempted to upgrade my kernel from 2.4.20 with
> the cryptography patches to 2.6.8.1.  My promise card as addressed by the
> i2o device does not seem to get set up correctly during boot or respond
> once initialized.  This card was working fine before the upgrade.
>
> I use the following statement in my lilo.conf, as probing the resulting
> raid drive, removing it seems to have no effect on the 2.6 outcome.
>
> append="hde=noprobe hdf=noprobe hdg=noprobe hdh=noprobe hdi=noprobe
> hdj=noprobe hdc=ide-scsi"
>
> lspci and cat /proc/pci (I compiled that in too.) reveal nothing about the
> card.
>
> dmesg from boot says...
>
> input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
> I2O Core - (C) Copyright 1999 Red Hat Software
> I2O: Event thread created as pid 299
> i2o: Checking for PCI I2O controllers...
> PCI: Found IRQ 12 for device 0000:00:0b.1
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 12 with 0000:00:02.1
> i2o: I2O controller on bus 0 at 89.
> I2O: Promise workarounds activated.
> i2o: PCI I2O controller at CD800000 size=4194304
> i2o/iop0: Installed at IRQ12
> i2o: 1 I2O controller found and installed.
> Activating I2O controllers...
> This may take a few minutes if there are many devices
> i2o/iop0: Reset rejected, trying to clear
> i2o/iop0: SysTab setup timed out.
> i2o/iop0: Get status timeout.
> i2o/iop0: Get status timeout.
> IOP reset timeout.
> I2O Block Storage OSM v0.9
>    (c) Copyright 1999-2001 Red Hat Software.
> i2o_block: Checking for Boot device...
> i2o_block: Checking for I2O Block devices...
> i2o_scsi.c: Version 0.1.2
>   chain_pool: 0 bytes @ d7dbd8a0
>   (512 byte buffers X 4 can_queue X 0 i2o controllers)
> md: raid1 personality registered as nr 3
>
> I included the surrounding lines for context.  The pertinant lines seem to
> be;
>
> i2o/iop0: Reset rejected, trying to clear
>
> about a three min pause here  normally 1 sec.
>
> i2o/iop0: SysTab setup timed out.
> i2o/iop0: Get status timeout.
>
> about a 30-45 second pause here.
>
> i2o/iop0: Get status timeout.
>
>
> My relevant? kernel options are...
>
> # I2O device support
> #
> CONFIG_I2O=y
> # CONFIG_I2O_CONFIG is not set
> CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK=y
> CONFIG_I2O_SCSI=y
> CONFIG_I2O_PROC=y
>
> When it functions normally 2.4.20(crypt) it looks like this (with context)
>
> USB Mass Storage support registered.
> I2O Core - (C) Copyright 1999 Red Hat Software
> I2O: Event thread created as pid 9
> Linux I2O PCI support (c) 1999 Red Hat Software.
> i2o: Checking for PCI I2O controllers...
> PCI: Found IRQ 12 for device 00:0b.1
> i2o: I2O controller on bus 0 at 89.
> i2o: PCI I2O controller at 0xCD800000 size=4194304
> I2O: Promise workarounds activated.
> i2o/iop0: Installed at IRQ12
> i2o: 1 I2O controller found and installed.
> Activating I2O controllers...
> This may take a few minutes if there are many devices
> i2o/iop0: Reset rejected, trying to clear
> i2o/iop0: LCT has 7 entries.
> i2o/iop0: Configuration dialog desired.
> I2O configuration manager v 0.04.
>   (C) Copyright 1999 Red Hat Software
> I2O Block Storage OSM v0.9
>    (c) Copyright 1999-2001 Red Hat Software.
> i2o_block: Checking for Boot device...
> i2o_block: Checking for I2O Block devices...
> i2ob: Installing tid 11 device at unit 0
> i2o/hda: Max segments 12, queue depth 8, byte limit 49152.
> i2o/hda: Type 1: 152587MB, 512 byte sectors.
> i2o/hda: Maximum sectors/read set to 96.
>  i2o/hda: i2o/hda1 i2o/hda2
> i2o_scsi.c: Version 0.0.1
>   chain_pool: 2048 bytes @ c1466800
>   (512 byte buffers X 4 can_queue X 1 i2o controllers)
> md: raid1 personality registered as nr 3
>
> during normal boot there are no delays more than a second.
> Also in 2.4.20, cat /proc/pci reveals the following.
>
>   Bus  0, device  11, function  1:
>     I2O: Intel Corp. 80960RM [i960RM Microprocessor] (rev 2).
>       IRQ 12.
>       Master Capable.  Latency=64.
>       Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xcd800000 [0xcdbfffff].
>
> My motherboard is a K7S5A running bios 3/25/2002S
>
> My card bios version is currently 1.10.0 but they are up to 1.20.0.27.  I
> am going to hold off on upgrading for now because it didn't seem to solve
> the two other writers problems, and I'd be happy to test against this
> older version if you like.
>
> As I mentioned two other people have written to the list about this,
>
> Matt H. (lkml@lpbproductions.com)
> and Alex Murphy (murphy@sgtp.samara.ru)
>
> I couldn't seem to find a response upon googling.
>
> Please CC to odinson@warcloud.net.  Thanks to anybody who can help with
> this.  Thank you for your time.
>
> Matt
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