Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:45:26 -0500 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: Sata_via problems in a Vintage2-AE1 |
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[cc'ing Alan and Jean, Hi!]
Leopold Palomo Avellaneda wrote: > A Divendres 09 Febrer 2007 18:13, Leopold Palomo Avellaneda va escriure: >> A Divendres 09 Febrer 2007 10:46, Tejun Heo va escriure: >>> Leopold Palomo Avellaneda wrote: >>>> Dear people, >>>> >>>> I have a barebone Asus Vintage2-AE1 [1]. This box has a mobo Asus >>>> A8V-MQ. The board has: >>>> - the Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64FX/Athlon 64. >>>> - North Bridge: VIA K8M800 >>>> - South Bridge: VIA VT8251 >>>> - VIA Graphics Integrated >>>> - IDE 2 x UltraDMA 133 >>>> - 4 x Serial ATA >>>> ... >>>> >>>> I'm using the bios version 0206. The 0210 doesn't show me the vga card, >>>> so I don't have graphics mode. I think that is a buggy bios. >>>> >>>> The bios is configured with vt8251 in AHCI mode and bios boot up >>>> activated, so the hd is recognized in the beginning. I don't have any >>>> raid, only one hd. The hd is a Maxtor 6V250F0. >>>> >>>> I'm using a debian etch but the i386 version. The only way that I can >>>> use the hd is using a 2.6.16 standard kernel with the modifications >>>> explained in this page [2]. Basically you have to use their ahci.c and >>>> sata_via.c. The modifications are small from the original code from Mr >>>> Jeff Garzik. >>>> >>>> I have tried to use the 2.6.18 and 2.6.20rc6 and the result is the >>>> same. The kernel boots, but when arrives at the ata3, >>>> >>>> scsi2 : ahci >>>> ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) >>>> ata3.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) >>>> ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x104) >>>> .... repeated some times ... >>>> scsi3 : ahci >>>> ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) >>>> scsi4 : ahci >>>> ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) >>>> scsi5 : ahci >>>> ata6: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) >>>> Done. >>>> Begin: Mounting root file system... ... >>>> Begin: Running /scripts/local-top >>>> ide0: I/O resource 0x3F6-0x3F6 not free. >>>> ide0: ports already in use, skipping probe. >>>> ide1: I/O resource 0x376-0x376 not free. >>>> ide1: ports already in use, skipping probe. >>>> Done. >>>> Begin: Waiting for root file system ... >>> It might be VIA IRQ quirk problem. >>> >>> 1. Does giving 'irqpoll' parameter to kernel make any difference? >> yes. Now it boots. However I'm having a lot of messages: >> APIC error on CPU0 >> and I begin to have problems with the network card. >> >>> 2. Can you give a shot at 2.6.20? >> yes, I'm doing it now. >> >> Thank's a lot. But, why with irqpoll works and without no? > > well, I summarize. > > With the default options of the kernel I cannot boot in this device with any > kernel. Only with 2.6.20 and the irqpoll or the 2.6.16 modified files I can > boot. > > I have a lot of APIC error on CPU0.
It seems one of via pci routing quirk problem. Can you give a shot at 'acpi=off' or 'acpi=noirq' without 'irqpoll'?
I dunno much about what's going on there. Alan, Jean, any ideas?
Thanks.
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