Re: libata interface fatal error

2007-06-16 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi there, we tested out two 600W Fortron PSUs, also tried a BIOS update. Didn't work out. We also tried the jumper on the disks labelled SSP (Spread Spectrum Clocking), didn't work out out as well. What seemed to help at least a little bit is to use the 12V connector on the board, that is

Re: Combined mode quirk removal kills performance

2007-06-16 Thread Jeff Garzik
Andrew Morton wrote: So I revisited [...] http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8636 I don't see why it's not-a-bug. The second guy (Stephen Clark) had to toss out the FC6 kernel and build his own kernel to fix this regression. (I hope you don't mind me copying linux-ide) The combined

[PROBLEM]: hdparm strange behaviour for 2.6.21 and later

2007-06-16 Thread Thanos Kyritsis
Hello, starting with kernel 2.6.21 and up to kernel 2.6.22-rc4, I'm having the following problem: /etc/rc.d/rc.local contains the following: /usr/sbin/hdparm -q -d1 -q -u1 -q -c1 -q -k1 /dev/hda /usr/sbin/hdparm -q -d1 -q -u1 -q -c1 -q -k1 /dev/hdb /usr/sbin/hdparm -q -d1 -q -u1 -q -c1 -q -k1

Re: Disk errors reported on boot - kernel 2.6.18

2007-06-16 Thread Alan Cox
I recently installed a new disk on the same computer. This one is a Hitchi HDS721616PLAT80. When this disk is connected to the ICH5 controller, the following error lines appear on boot: --- hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 {

Re: Machine hanging on synchronize cache on shutdown 2.6.22-rc4-git[45678]

2007-06-16 Thread Mikael Pettersson
On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:52:33 +0400, Brad Campbell wrote: I've got a box here based on current Debian Stable. It's got 15 Maxtor SATA drives in it on 4 Promise TX4 controllers. Using kernel 2.6.21.x it shuts down, but of course with a huge clack as 15 drives all do emergency head parks