From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262581AbTJIVGR (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:06:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262574AbTJIVGR (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:06:17 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:17041 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262581AbTJIVGG (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:06:06 -0400 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 23:06:05 +0200 (MEST) From: "Howard Duck" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: kernel 2.6.0betaX: ich5 sata enhanced mode hangs during init X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated: #295886 Message-ID: <22605.1065733565@www40.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi I have a Mainboard with a intel 865PE chipset. I tested many kernels to get my Serial-ATA (sata) disk to work in enhanced mode and so far only one kernel works - 2.5.74. I need the enhanced mode because I lose all secondary ide ports if i switch to legacy/compatible mode in the mainboards bios (which disables some of my drives). Since the first beta of kernel 2.6.0 i had no luck in successfully booting the machine unless i switched to SATA legacy mode. All 2.6.0beta-kernels make it to the init sequence and detect the sata disk, but the system hangs at random postions during init (starting devfsd, mounting swap or setting the machines hostname, well - somewhere during startup). I tried removing swap from /etc/fstab and disabling some init-scripts but it doesn't help. Booting in "single" mode does not work too. The only thing that works is using legacy sata support, so i guess it is related to some new code for handling serial ata controllers/disks (the machine boots off a sata disk) in the 2.6.0beta kernels. 2.5.74 boots and works w/o problems, but i'd feel better if i run a kernel marked "stable" ;) Is there something i can do to trace the problem of the hang during boot, maybe some special kernel options, new user-space tools,...? Is this maybe related to SMP support or hyperthreading cpus? I am open for any hints or test-procedures that may help to fix or find the problem. thanks in advance Michael Kefeder p.s.: i'm not subscribed to the lkml, please put me on CC when answering -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++