From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751457AbXBJRGD (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:06:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751438AbXBJRGD (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:06:03 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:52685 "EHLO aybabtu.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751399AbXBJRGA (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:06:00 -0500 From: Leopold Palomo Avellaneda Reply-To: lepalom@wol.es To: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Sata_via problems in a Vintage2-AE1 Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:05:10 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox , Jean Delvare References: <200702090010.06897.lepalom@wol.es> <200702092109.25029.lepalom@wol.es> <45CDDA86.2000607@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45CDDA86.2000607@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1640032.6eA6PmNh3B"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200702101805.19710.lepalom@wol.es> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --nextPart1640032.6eA6PmNh3B Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline A Dissabte 10 Febrer 2007 15:45, Tejun Heo va escriure: > [cc'ing Alan and Jean, Hi!] Hi people!!! > Leopold Palomo Avellaneda wrote: > > A Divendres 09 Febrer 2007 18:13, Leopold Palomo Avellaneda va escriure: > >> A Divendres 09 Febrer 2007 10:46, Tejun Heo va escriure: > >>> Leopold Palomo Avellaneda wrote: > >>>> Dear people, > >>>> > >>>> I have a barebone Asus Vintage2-AE1 [1]. This box has a mobo Asus > >>>> A8V-MQ. The board has: > >>>> - the Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64FX/Athlon 64. > >>>> - North Bridge: VIA K8M800 > >>>> - South Bridge: VIA VT8251 > >>>> - VIA Graphics Integrated > >>>> - IDE 2 x UltraDMA 133 > >>>> - 4 x Serial ATA > >>>> ... > >>>> > >>>> I'm using the bios version 0206. The 0210 doesn't show me the vga > >>>> card, so I don't have graphics mode. I think that is a buggy bios. > >>>> > >>>> The bios is configured with vt8251 in AHCI mode and bios boot up > >>>> activated, so the hd is recognized in the beginning. I don't have any > >>>> raid, only one hd. The hd is a Maxtor 6V250F0. > >>>> > >>>> I'm using a debian etch but the i386 version. The only way that I can > >>>> use the hd is using a 2.6.16 standard kernel with the modifications > >>>> explained in this page [2]. Basically you have to use their ahci.c a= nd > >>>> sata_via.c. The modifications are small from the original code from = Mr > >>>> Jeff Garzik. > >>>> > >>>> I have tried to use the 2.6.18 and 2.6.20rc6 and the result is the > >>>> same. The kernel boots, but when arrives at the ata3, > >>>> > >>>> scsi2 : ahci > >>>> ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > >>>> ata3.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) > >>>> ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=3D0x104) > >>>> .... repeated some times ... > >>>> scsi3 : ahci > >>>> ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > >>>> scsi4 : ahci > >>>> ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > >>>> scsi5 : ahci > >>>> ata6: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > >>>> Done. > >>>> Begin: Mounting root file system... ... > >>>> Begin: Running /scripts/local-top > >>>> ide0: I/O resource 0x3F6-0x3F6 not free. > >>>> ide0: ports already in use, skipping probe. > >>>> ide1: I/O resource 0x376-0x376 not free. > >>>> ide1: ports already in use, skipping probe. > >>>> Done. > >>>> Begin: Waiting for root file system ... > >>> > >>> It might be VIA IRQ quirk problem. > >>> > >>> 1. Does giving 'irqpoll' parameter to kernel make any difference? > >> > >> yes. Now it boots. However I'm having a lot of messages: > >> APIC error on CPU0 > >> and I begin to have problems with the network card. > >> > >>> 2. Can you give a shot at 2.6.20? > >> > >> yes, I'm doing it now. > >> > >> Thank's a lot. But, why with irqpoll works and without no? > > > > well, I summarize. > > > > With the default options of the kernel I cannot boot in this device with > > any kernel. Only with 2.6.20 and the irqpoll or the 2.6.16 modified fil= es > > I can boot. > > > > I have a lot of APIC error on CPU0. > > It seems one of via pci routing quirk problem. Can you give a shot at > 'acpi=3Doff' or 'acpi=3Dnoirq' without 'irqpoll'? yes, do it. Not boot. The same problem. Only boots with irqpoll. > I dunno much about what's going on there. Alan, Jean, any ideas? :-( uf, what's the problem of using _always_ irqpoll? 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