Hi Martin, On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 12:59:58 +0200 Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've been trying without success to boot my Cobalt Qube2 with the > > latest kernel 2.6.21-5. It fails to boot because of this error/problem > > with the IDE driver: > > > > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 > > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx > > VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:09.1 > > VP_IDE: chipset revision 6 > > VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > VP_IDE: VIA vt82c586a (rev 27) IDE UDMA33 controller on pci0000:00:09.1 > > ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1420-0x1427, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio > > ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1428-0x142f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio > > ide0: I/O resource 0xF00003F6-0xF00003F6 not free. > > ide0: ports already in use, skipping probe > > ide1: I/O resource 0xF0000376-0xF0000376 not free. > > ide1: ports already in use, skipping probe > > ide0: I/O resource 0xF00003F6-0xF00003F6 not free. > > ide0: ports already in use, skipping probe > > ide1: I/O resource 0xF0000376-0xF0000376 not free. > > ide1: ports already in use, skipping probe > > TCP bic registered > > NET: Registered protocol family 1 > > NET: Registered protocol family 17 > > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda2" or unknown-block(0,0) > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > I don't have access to my Cobalt hardware at the moment, so the 2.6.21 > kernel in the archive isn't tested. I'm CCing Yoichi Yuasa who might > be able to know whether there is a problem with 2.6.21 (note that > we're using CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX, not the PATA driver). I proposed the patch for this problem. http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2007-01/msg00049.html But, it has not been accepted. One temporary solution is to use CONFIG_PATA_VIA. In that case, the device name is changed from /dev/hd* to /dev/sd*. Yoichi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
