Re: BUG, 2.6.20-rc3 raid autodetection [repost due to forgotten CC]
On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 22:45 +0100, Kasper Sandberg wrote: > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 22:06 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 21:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > > On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 20:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > > > > On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i just attempted to test .20-rc3-git4 on a box, which has 6 > > > > > > > drives in > > > > > > > raid5. it uses raid autodetection, and 2 ide controllers (via and > > > > > > > promise 20269). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > there are two problems. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > first, and most importantly, it doesent autodetect, i attempted > > > > > > > with > > > > > > > both the old ide drivers, and the new pata on libata drivers, the > > > > > > > drives > > > > > > > appears to be found, but the raid autoassembling just doesent > > > > > > > happen. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this is .17, which works: > > > > > > > http://sh.nu/p/8001 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in pata-on-libata mode: > > > > > > > http://sh.nu/p/8000 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in old ide mode: > > > > > > > http://sh.nu/p/8002 > > > > > > > > > > > > For some reason IDE disk driver is not claiming IDE devices. > > > > > > > > > > > > Could you please double check that IDE disk driver is built-in > > > > > > (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y in the kernel configuration) > > > > > > and not compiled as module? > > > > > i need not check even once, i do not have module support enabled, so > > > > > > > > OK > > > > > > > > > everything 100% surely is built in. this is the case for .17 too > > > > > (and earlier, this box was started with .15 i think.) > > > > > > > > Could you send me your config? > > > > I'll try to reproduce this locally. > > > sure thing. > > > > > > http://sh.nu/p/8004 <-- .17 working > > > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y > > > > > http://sh.nu/p/8005 <-- .20-rc3-git4 nonworking, idemode, the one with > > > libata i dont have anymore, but the only difference is that i use the > > > libata drivers, but as its same result, shouldnt matter > > > > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK is not set > > > > so not everything is "100% surely" built-in ;) > i see your point, im afraid i may have misinterpreted you, since you > said "and not compiled as module", so i thought you meant i had to make > sure it wasnt moduled only. > > i will try with this now, what about pataonlibata, do i need this for > that too? > > > > Bart > > -- Redeeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: BUG, 2.6.20-rc3 raid autodetection
On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 23:05 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 22:06 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 21:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > > > On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 20:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > > > > > On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i just attempted to test .20-rc3-git4 on a box, which has 6 > > > > > > > > drives in > > > > > > > > raid5. it uses raid autodetection, and 2 ide controllers (via > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > promise 20269). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > there are two problems. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > first, and most importantly, it doesent autodetect, i attempted > > > > > > > > with > > > > > > > > both the old ide drivers, and the new pata on libata drivers, > > > > > > > > the drives > > > > > > > > appears to be found, but the raid autoassembling just doesent > > > > > > > > happen. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this is .17, which works: > > > > > > > > http://sh.nu/p/8001 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in pata-on-libata mode: > > > > > > > > http://sh.nu/p/8000 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in old ide mode: > > > > > > > > http://sh.nu/p/8002 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For some reason IDE disk driver is not claiming IDE devices. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could you please double check that IDE disk driver is built-in > > > > > > > (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y in the kernel configuration) > > > > > > > and not compiled as module? > > > > > > i need not check even once, i do not have module support enabled, so > > > > > > > > > > OK > > > > > > > > > > > everything 100% surely is built in. this is the case for .17 too > > > > > > (and earlier, this box was started with .15 i think.) > > > > > > > > > > Could you send me your config? > > > > > I'll try to reproduce this locally. > > > > sure thing. > > > > > > > > http://sh.nu/p/8004 <-- .17 working > > > > > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y > > > > > > > http://sh.nu/p/8005 <-- .20-rc3-git4 nonworking, idemode, the one with > > > > libata i dont have anymore, but the only difference is that i use the > > > > libata drivers, but as its same result, shouldnt matter > > > > > > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK is not set > > > > > > so not everything is "100% surely" built-in ;) > > i see your point, im afraid i may have misinterpreted you, since you > > said "and not compiled as module", so i thought you meant i had to make > > sure it wasnt moduled only. > > You were right - I forgot about "CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=n" case. > > > i will try with this now, what about pataonlibata, do i need this for > > Please report if this fixes the issue. yeah it did. > > > that too? > > for libata you need SCSI disk driver: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y > > [ libata is not independent subsystem like IDE but depends on SCSI, > and I really don't know why this is not mentioned in config help ] i knew that, i just thought it may select what it required, though i can see that it isnt strictly required, just what one wishes often. :) thanks for your help, will try with libata now. > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: BUG, 2.6.20-rc3 raid autodetection
On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 20:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello. > > > > i just attempted to test .20-rc3-git4 on a box, which has 6 drives in > > raid5. it uses raid autodetection, and 2 ide controllers (via and > > promise 20269). > > > > there are two problems. > > > > first, and most importantly, it doesent autodetect, i attempted with > > both the old ide drivers, and the new pata on libata drivers, the drives > > appears to be found, but the raid autoassembling just doesent happen. > > > > this is .17, which works: > > http://sh.nu/p/8001 > > > > this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in pata-on-libata mode: > > http://sh.nu/p/8000 > > > > this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in old ide mode: > > http://sh.nu/p/8002 > > For some reason IDE disk driver is not claiming IDE devices. > > Could you please double check that IDE disk driver is built-in > (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y in the kernel configuration) > and not compiled as module? i need not check even once, i do not have module support enabled, so everything 100% surely is built in. this is the case for .17 too (and earlier, this box was started with .15 i think.) > > Bart > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: BUG, 2.6.20-rc3 raid autodetection
On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello. i just attempted to test .20-rc3-git4 on a box, which has 6 drives in raid5. it uses raid autodetection, and 2 ide controllers (via and promise 20269). there are two problems. first, and most importantly, it doesent autodetect, i attempted with both the old ide drivers, and the new pata on libata drivers, the drives appears to be found, but the raid autoassembling just doesent happen. this is .17, which works: http://sh.nu/p/8001 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in pata-on-libata mode: http://sh.nu/p/8000 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in old ide mode: http://sh.nu/p/8002 For some reason IDE disk driver is not claiming IDE devices. Could you please double check that IDE disk driver is built-in (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y in the kernel configuration) and not compiled as module? Bart - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
BUG, 2.6.20-rc3 raid autodetection
Hello. i just attempted to test .20-rc3-git4 on a box, which has 6 drives in raid5. it uses raid autodetection, and 2 ide controllers (via and promise 20269). there are two problems. first, and most importantly, it doesent autodetect, i attempted with both the old ide drivers, and the new pata on libata drivers, the drives appears to be found, but the raid autoassembling just doesent happen. this is .17, which works: http://sh.nu/p/8001 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in pata-on-libata mode: http://sh.nu/p/8000 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in old ide mode: http://sh.nu/p/8002 second bug: notice on these pastes the lines at bottom, the keyboard stuff, these are repeated constantly, and caps/scrolllock button on keyboard is blinking. mvh. Kasper Sandberg - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
BUG, 2.6.20-rc3 raid autodetection
Hello. i just attempted to test .20-rc3-git4 on a box, which has 6 drives in raid5. it uses raid autodetection, and 2 ide controllers (via and promise 20269). there are two problems. first, and most importantly, it doesent autodetect, i attempted with both the old ide drivers, and the new pata on libata drivers, the drives appears to be found, but the raid autoassembling just doesent happen. this is .17, which works: http://sh.nu/p/8001 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in pata-on-libata mode: http://sh.nu/p/8000 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in old ide mode: http://sh.nu/p/8002 second bug: notice on these pastes the lines at bottom, the keyboard stuff, these are repeated constantly, and caps/scrolllock button on keyboard is blinking. mvh. Kasper Sandberg - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: BUG, 2.6.20-rc3 raid autodetection
On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. i just attempted to test .20-rc3-git4 on a box, which has 6 drives in raid5. it uses raid autodetection, and 2 ide controllers (via and promise 20269). there are two problems. first, and most importantly, it doesent autodetect, i attempted with both the old ide drivers, and the new pata on libata drivers, the drives appears to be found, but the raid autoassembling just doesent happen. this is .17, which works: http://sh.nu/p/8001 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in pata-on-libata mode: http://sh.nu/p/8000 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in old ide mode: http://sh.nu/p/8002 For some reason IDE disk driver is not claiming IDE devices. Could you please double check that IDE disk driver is built-in (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y in the kernel configuration) and not compiled as module? Bart - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: BUG, 2.6.20-rc3 raid autodetection
On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 20:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. i just attempted to test .20-rc3-git4 on a box, which has 6 drives in raid5. it uses raid autodetection, and 2 ide controllers (via and promise 20269). there are two problems. first, and most importantly, it doesent autodetect, i attempted with both the old ide drivers, and the new pata on libata drivers, the drives appears to be found, but the raid autoassembling just doesent happen. this is .17, which works: http://sh.nu/p/8001 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in pata-on-libata mode: http://sh.nu/p/8000 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in old ide mode: http://sh.nu/p/8002 For some reason IDE disk driver is not claiming IDE devices. Could you please double check that IDE disk driver is built-in (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y in the kernel configuration) and not compiled as module? i need not check even once, i do not have module support enabled, so everything 100% surely is built in. this is the case for .17 too (and earlier, this box was started with .15 i think.) Bart - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: BUG, 2.6.20-rc3 raid autodetection
On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 23:05 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 22:06 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 21:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 20:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. i just attempted to test .20-rc3-git4 on a box, which has 6 drives in raid5. it uses raid autodetection, and 2 ide controllers (via and promise 20269). there are two problems. first, and most importantly, it doesent autodetect, i attempted with both the old ide drivers, and the new pata on libata drivers, the drives appears to be found, but the raid autoassembling just doesent happen. this is .17, which works: http://sh.nu/p/8001 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in pata-on-libata mode: http://sh.nu/p/8000 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in old ide mode: http://sh.nu/p/8002 For some reason IDE disk driver is not claiming IDE devices. Could you please double check that IDE disk driver is built-in (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y in the kernel configuration) and not compiled as module? i need not check even once, i do not have module support enabled, so OK everything 100% surely is built in. this is the case for .17 too (and earlier, this box was started with .15 i think.) Could you send me your config? I'll try to reproduce this locally. sure thing. http://sh.nu/p/8004 -- .17 working CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y http://sh.nu/p/8005 -- .20-rc3-git4 nonworking, idemode, the one with libata i dont have anymore, but the only difference is that i use the libata drivers, but as its same result, shouldnt matter # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK is not set so not everything is 100% surely built-in ;) i see your point, im afraid i may have misinterpreted you, since you said and not compiled as module, so i thought you meant i had to make sure it wasnt moduled only. You were right - I forgot about CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=n case. i will try with this now, what about pataonlibata, do i need this for Please report if this fixes the issue. yeah it did. that too? for libata you need SCSI disk driver: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y [ libata is not independent subsystem like IDE but depends on SCSI, and I really don't know why this is not mentioned in config help ] i knew that, i just thought it may select what it required, though i can see that it isnt strictly required, just what one wishes often. :) thanks for your help, will try with libata now. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: BUG, 2.6.20-rc3 raid autodetection [repost due to forgotten CC]
On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 22:45 +0100, Kasper Sandberg wrote: On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 22:06 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 21:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 20:07 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: On 1/4/07, Kasper Sandberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. i just attempted to test .20-rc3-git4 on a box, which has 6 drives in raid5. it uses raid autodetection, and 2 ide controllers (via and promise 20269). there are two problems. first, and most importantly, it doesent autodetect, i attempted with both the old ide drivers, and the new pata on libata drivers, the drives appears to be found, but the raid autoassembling just doesent happen. this is .17, which works: http://sh.nu/p/8001 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in pata-on-libata mode: http://sh.nu/p/8000 this is .20-rc3-git4 which doesent work, in old ide mode: http://sh.nu/p/8002 For some reason IDE disk driver is not claiming IDE devices. Could you please double check that IDE disk driver is built-in (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y in the kernel configuration) and not compiled as module? i need not check even once, i do not have module support enabled, so OK everything 100% surely is built in. this is the case for .17 too (and earlier, this box was started with .15 i think.) Could you send me your config? I'll try to reproduce this locally. sure thing. http://sh.nu/p/8004 -- .17 working CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y http://sh.nu/p/8005 -- .20-rc3-git4 nonworking, idemode, the one with libata i dont have anymore, but the only difference is that i use the libata drivers, but as its same result, shouldnt matter # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK is not set so not everything is 100% surely built-in ;) i see your point, im afraid i may have misinterpreted you, since you said and not compiled as module, so i thought you meant i had to make sure it wasnt moduled only. i will try with this now, what about pataonlibata, do i need this for that too? Bart -- Redeeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
