From: "Daniel Tschan" <tschan+linux-kernel@devzone.ch>
To: <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: 2.4.19-rc3 incorrectly detects PDC20276 in ATA mode as raid controller
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:34:18 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <32816.80.218.9.155.1027506858.squirrel@www.devzone.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0207231928180.30493-100000@freak.distro.conectiva>
This works, thank you. This option didn't get my attention at first
because its named Special FastTrak Feature in xconfig. Perhaps this should
be changed.
> Set CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE on.
>
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Daniel Tschan wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Kernel 2.4.19-rc3 introduces a new bug regarding the Promise PDC20276
>> controller. One of my machines has a Gigabyte GA-8IRXP Motherboard
>> with an onboard Promise PDC20276. The controller can either be run in
>> RAID or in ATA mode. I operate it in ATA mode. Kernel 2.4.19-rc3 now
>> incorrectly skips IDE initialization of the PDC20276 because it thinks
>> it's a RAID controller which results in a kernel panic (the root
>> filesystem is on a harddisk connected to the Promise controller). It
>> outputs a message like this before it panics: PDC20276: Skipping RAID
>> controller. This worked correctly in 2.4.19-rc2.
>>
>> Regards
>> Daniel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-24 10:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-23 20:56 Daniel Tschan
2002-07-23 22:29 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2002-07-24 10:34 ` Daniel Tschan [this message]
2002-07-25 1:57 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2002-07-31 12:22 ` Daniel Tschan
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