Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: kernel 2.6.0betaX: ich5 sata enhanced mode hangs during init | Date | Thu, 9 Oct 2003 23:26:08 +0200 |
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You are using drivers/ide, right? Please also test 2.5.75 and snapshot kernels http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.5/snapshots/old/
thanks, --bartlomiej
On Thursday 09 of October 2003 23:06, Howard Duck wrote: > Hi > > I have a Mainboard with a intel 865PE chipset. I tested many kernels to get > my > Serial-ATA (sata) disk to work in enhanced mode and so far only one kernel > works - 2.5.74. I need the enhanced mode because I lose all secondary ide > ports if i switch to legacy/compatible mode in the mainboards bios (which > disables some of my drives). > > Since the first beta of kernel 2.6.0 i had no luck in successfully booting > the > machine unless i switched to SATA legacy mode. All 2.6.0beta-kernels make > it > > to the init sequence and detect the sata disk, but the system hangs at > random > postions during init (starting devfsd, mounting swap or setting the > machines > > hostname, well - somewhere during startup). > > I tried removing swap from /etc/fstab and disabling some init-scripts but > it > > doesn't help. Booting in "single" mode does not work too. The only thing > that > works is using legacy sata support, so i guess it is related to some new > code for > handling serial ata controllers/disks (the machine boots off a sata disk) > in the > 2.6.0beta kernels. 2.5.74 boots and works w/o problems, but i'd feel better > if i > run a kernel marked "stable" ;) > > Is there something i can do to trace the problem of the hang during boot, > maybe > some special kernel options, new user-space tools,...? Is this maybe > related to > SMP support or hyperthreading cpus? > > I am open for any hints or test-procedures that may help to fix or find the > problem. > thanks in advance > Michael Kefeder > > p.s.: i'm not subscribed to the lkml, please put me on CC when answering
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