Messages in this thread | | | From | "Brien" <> | Subject | Re: SATA probe delay on boot | Date | Wed, 03 Sep 2003 20:54:16 -0400 (EDT) |
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Bartlomiej,
"ide3=noprobe" doesn't make a noticable difference, but I'll tell what happens with the patch when I get home and am able to try it
(just so you know it may be several hours before I'm able to reply again)
Thanks much,
Brien
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 01:53:07 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Thursday 04 of September 2003 01:18, admin@brien.com > wrote: > > Hi, > > Hi, > > > I have a Sil3112A SATA controller, which linux works > OK > > with. It supports RAID (up to 4 devices), but I'm > using > > BASE option -- only 1 hard drive. > > > > My question is regarding a 15-20 second delay which > > normally occurs every time I boot, unless I pass the > > Please try attached patch and send dmesg output (with > patch applied). > Patch is against current 2.6-bk tree, but should apply > to any recent > 2.4.x or 2.6.x kernels. > > diff -puN drivers/ide/ide-probe.c~ide-siimage-wait > drivers/ide/ide-probe.c > --- > linux-2.6.0-test4-bk5/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c~ide-siimage-wait 2003-09-04 01:34:02.285489272 +0200 > +++ > linux-2.6.0-test4-bk5-root/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c 2003-09-04 01:47:58.145419248 +0200 > @@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ > #include <asm/uaccess.h> > #include <asm/io.h> > > +#define DEBUG > + > /** > * generic_id - add a generic drive id > * @drive: drive to make an ID block for > @@ -345,7 +347,16 @@ static int actual_try_to_identify > (ide_d > } > /* give drive a breather */ > ide_delay_50ms(); > - } while ((hwif->INB(hd_status)) & BUSY_STAT); > + s = hwif->INB(hd_status); > + if (s == 0xff) { > +#ifdef DEBUG > + printk("%s: status == 0xff\n", drive->name); > +#endif > + return 1; > + } > + if ((s & BUSY_STAT) == 0) > + break; > + } while (1); > > /* wait for IRQ and DRQ_STAT */ > ide_delay_50ms(); > > _ > > > options ide3=0 - ide9=0 to fill up the device table. I > > think I have to do this because if I do only ide3=0 > > (where the device would be), it uses ide4, and so on. > I > > have GRUB set up to do this automatically, but it's > not > > exactly adequate (,is it?). So I was wondering if > > there're any other ways to get the same affect. Is or > > could there be an option to simply disable the probing > > of the one specific device/channel every time? > > "ide3=noprobe" doesnt work? > > --bartlomiej
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