[ALUG] Asus P5W DH Deluxe mainboard and IDE interfaces

Tue Feb 13 14:28:51 GMT 2007

Hi Barry,

When I upgraded to 2.6.19 (i think) all my PATA devices changed from
being hd(abcd) to sd devices.. which sounds very much like what you're
experiencing. I ended up booting a boot cd and changing my fstab and
grub files and then it all worked again.

Rob.

On 13/02/07, Barry Samuels <bjsamuels at beenthere-donethat.org.uk> wrote:
> I have recently changed my mainboard to an Asus P5W DH Deluxe which
> includes both SATA and IDE interfaces. There are 2 IDE connectors of
> which one is controlled by an Intel chip and the other by a JMicron
> chip.
>
> I have two IDE hard drives (hda and hdb) both on the same cable and
> connected to the Intel interface. I also have an IDE DVD Writer
> connected to the JMicron interface.
>
> When Linux (kernel 2.6.20) boots it does not recognise the DVD Writer
> although I can get Knoppix 5.1 to boot from the DVD drive if I append
> irqpoll at the boot prompt after which everything seems to work. If I
> append irqpoll at the normal Linux boot prompt I get 'lost interrupt'
> messages when the system is starting and it seems to hang.
>
> It also lists, in the logs, a device sda which does not exist. There is
> a SCSI card installed which drives a DAT tape drive but nothing else.
>
> There are no SATA devices connected.
>
> Is there a way around this JMicron problem (DVD not recognised) or do I
> have to wait for the JMicron drivers in the kernel to be improved?
>
> What is this spurious sda device?
>
> Kernel settings:
>
> #
> # ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support
> #
> CONFIG_IDE=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
>
> #
> # Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers
> #
> CONFIG_ATA=y
> CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y
> CONFIG_ATA_PIIX=y
> CONFIG_SATA_INTEL_COMBINED=y
> CONFIG_ATA_GENERIC=y
> CONFIG_PATA_JMICRON=y
> CONFIG_PATA_MPIIX=y
>
>
> Log extract:
>
> kernel: ahci 0000:02:00.0: version 2.0
> kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) ->
> IRQ 18
> kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
> kernel: ahci 0000:02:00.0: AHCI 0001.0000 32 slots 2 ports 3 Gbps 0x3
> impl SATA mode
> kernel: ahci 0000:02:00.0: flags: 64bit ncq pm led clo pmp pio slum
> part
> kernel: ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8824100 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 18
> kernel: ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8824180 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 18
> kernel: scsi2 : ahci
> kernel: ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> kernel: scsi3 : ahci
> kernel: ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.00ac7
> kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) ->
> IRQ 19
> kernel: ata: 0x1F0 IDE port busy
> kernel: ata: conflict with ide0
> kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.1 to 64
> kernel: ata3: DUMMY
> kernel: ata4: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xFFA8 irq 15
> kernel: scsi4 : ata_piix
> kernel: scsi5 : ata_piix
> kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x177
> kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ]
> kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 23 (level, low) ->
> IRQ 20
> kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
> kernel: ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE400 ctl 0xE082 bmdma 0xD880 irq
> 20
> kernel: ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE000 ctl 0xDC02 bmdma 0xD888 irq
> 20
> kernel: scsi6 : ata_piix
> kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xE407
> kernel: scsi7 : ata_piix
> kernel: ata6.00: ATA-6, max UDMA/133, 640 sectors: LBA
> kernel: ata6.00: ata6: dev 0 multi count 1
> kernel: ata6.00: Drive reports diagnostics failure. This may indicate a
> drive
> kernel: ata6.00: fault or invalid emulation. Contact drive vendor for
> information.
> kernel: ata6.00: configured for UDMA/133
> kernel: scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      Config  Disk     RGL1
> PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
> kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.1[B] -> GSI 16 (level, low) ->
> IRQ 16
> kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.1 to 64
> kernel: ata7: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xAC00 ctl 0xA882 bmdma 0xA400 irq
> 16
> kernel: ata8: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xA800 ctl 0xA482 bmdma 0xA408 irq
> 16
> kernel: scsi8 : pata_jmicron
> kernel: ata7.00: ATAPI, max UDMA/33
> kernel: ata7.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xef)
> kernel: ata7.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
> kernel: ata7.00: limiting speed to UDMA/25
> kernel: ata7: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
> kernel: ata7.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xef)
> kernel: ata7.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
> kernel: ata7.00: limiting speed to PIO0
> kernel: ata7: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
> kernel: ata7.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xef)
> kernel: ata7.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
> kernel: ata7.00: disabled
> kernel: scsi9 : pata_jmicron
> kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xA807
> kernel: serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
> kernel: serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
> kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> kernel: input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0
> kernel: TCP cubic registered
> kernel: Starting balanced_irq
> kernel: Using IPI Shortcut mode
> kernel: Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
> kernel: kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
> kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
> kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 188k freed
> kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 1
> kernel: SCSI device sda: 640 512-byte hdwr sectors (0 MB)
> kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
> kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
> kernel: SCSI device sda: write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled,
> doesn't support DPO or FUA
> kernel: SCSI device sda: 640 512-byte hdwr sectors (0 MB)
> kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
> kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
> kernel: SCSI device sda: write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled,
> doesn't support DPO or FUA
> kernel:  sda: unknown partition table
> kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
> kernel: st: Version 20061107, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256
> kernel: st 1:0:6:0: Attached scsi tape st0
> kernel: st 1:0:6:0: st0: try direct i/o: yes (alignment 512 B)
>
> After reading a lot on the Internet and seeing other people with
> similar problems with JMicron and no solutions I'm not expecting much
> but
> there's no harm in asking.
>
> Suggestions will be very much appreciated.
>
> --
> Barry Samuels
> http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk
> The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain
>
>
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