Re: libata/sata_sil24 cache alignment problem?

2008-02-12 Thread Thomas Evans
I wonder if this may be what I am seeing with the Si3124 on my Alpha based setup. I'm not sure if Alpha meets all the criteria, but the thing refuses to recognize any drivers when they are connected and I see what are supposed pci parity failures. maybe not ... ...tom Mark Mason wrote:

Re: sata_sil24 / Alpha / 4726 PMP issue ..

2008-01-28 Thread Thomas Evans
No like with only a drive attached and no PMP. The driver is still unable to IDENTIFY the connected disk: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x20) On Jan 28, 2008 1:51 AM, Thomas Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/27/08, Tejun Heo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm... That's strange

Re: sata_sil24 / Alpha / 4726 PMP issue ..

2008-01-28 Thread Thomas Evans
I've tried it in various slots on both PCI hoses - no difference. ...tom Tejun Heo wrote: Thomas Evans wrote: No like with only a drive attached and no PMP. The driver is still unable to IDENTIFY the connected disk: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x20) So, the problem

Re: sata_sil24 / Alpha / 4726 PMP issue ..

2008-01-27 Thread Thomas Evans
I hate blasting the the list with every minute detail. On 1/27/08, Tejun Heo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm... That's strange. If PERR makes a difference, it means PCI bus side is contributing to the problem but only when PMP is attached while directly attached drive works just fine? I need

Re: sata_sil24 / Alpha / 4726 PMP issue ..

2008-01-25 Thread Thomas Evans
added some more printk's based on what I saw - maybe some issue with the dma port? ...tom Thomas Evans wrote: Tejun (and all) - I've attached a log from my machine marked up with a few extra printk's. I did add the ssleep() you suggested off line - made no difference. I'll be happy to add

Re: sata_sil24 / Alpha / 4726 PMP issue ..

2008-01-25 Thread Thomas Evans
max UDMA/100 host [EMAIL PROTECTED] port 0x9aa6000 irq 31 I don't think the output is being truncated? Is there some issue with the address? ...tom Thomas Evans wrote: added some more printk's based on what I saw - maybe some issue with the dma port? ...tom - To unsubscribe from this list

Re: sata_sil24 / Alpha / 4726 PMP issue ..

2008-01-24 Thread Thomas Evans
I will work on getting that log - is there anything non-kernel that may have changed that could cause this? udev changes or something like that? Just so odd for it to start failing after having worked for so long. ...tom On Jan 23, 2008 10:52 PM, Tejun Heo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas

Re: sata_sil24 / Alpha / 4726 PMP issue ..

2008-01-24 Thread Thomas Evans
That's what I thought - is there another chip that support the 4726 PMP that you think I could try? ...tom On Jan 24, 2008 10:11 AM, Tejun Heo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Evans wrote: I will work on getting that log - is there anything non-kernel that may have changed that could cause

Re: sata_sil24 / Alpha / 4726 PMP issue ..

2008-01-23 Thread Thomas Evans
Um, I can, but it's not all that different than the others - is there something I am missing that would collect more info in the logs? Thanks, ...tom On Jan 23, 2008 9:32 PM, Tejun Heo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Evans wrote: I hadn't tried that until just now - I have 2 3124 cards, 1

Re: sata_sil24 / Alpha / 4726 PMP issue ..

2008-01-22 Thread Thomas Evans
On 1/21/08, Tejun Heo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Thomas. Hi - Can you install linux on a x86 machine and see whether anything is different? Did that today - it mostly works. There is some sort of conflict with the card on the PC I am using. During POST I sometimes get a Plug and Play

Re: sata_sil24 / Alpha / 4726 PMP issue ..

2008-01-21 Thread Thomas Evans
I should have mentioned that in 1 of the failing logs, it finds the PMP device, that is rare, it usually doesn't even see it. That happened this morning and I was hopeful that somehow it was more meaningful than the usual case where it doesn't even notice the PMP. ...tom Thomas Evans wrote

Re: SATA PMP support in 2.6.24-rc3?

2008-01-09 Thread Thomas Evans
I stopped seeing this message when I started using rc4. I upgraded to rc7 with your patch - the dmesg is attached. The link speed seems limited to 1.5Gbps now though, which hasn't been the case in rc3-rc6. ...tom -Original Message- From: Tejun Heo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: sata_sil24 with port multiplier

2007-09-21 Thread Thomas Evans
Applied this patch to my 2.22.1 installation (alpha w/pcix 3124 card. The patch made a huge difference whenprobing devices at start. No 10 second retries followed by resets. ...tom -Original Message- From: Tejun Heo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 6:55 AM To: Jon