Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | [Regression] 2.6.28-rc1 (2fca5c): libata: kernel cant boot (was: Re: 2.6.27-rc1 (2fca5c): libata: kernel cant boot) | Date | Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:38:53 +0200 |
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On Friday, 24 of October 2008, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Fri, Oct 24 2008, Alexander Beregalov wrote: > > Hi > > > > commit 2fca5ccf97d2c28bcfce44f5b07d85e74e3cd18e > > Author: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> > > Date: Wed Oct 22 09:34:49 2008 +0200 > > > > libata: switch to using block layer tagging support > > > > > > This kernel can not read even 0 sector on disk with rootfs. It > > initialized disk, but cant read it at all. > > CMD646 on Sparc > > > > Rverting helped.
Confirmed on hp nx6325 w/ pata_atiixp (apparently, SCSI commands time out).
Reverting the commit also helps here.
[I guess it's going to break things left and right.]
> Doh, how annoying! What driver does that controller use? PATA doesn't > even use NCQ, so it's a bit of an oddity that it makes a difference at > all. > > Can you provide the boot messages?
If I'm able to reproduce the breakage of Asus L5D, I will.
Thanks, Rafael
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