Re: [ALUG] Asus P5W DH Deluxe mainboard and IDE interfaces

-- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain > Rob. > > On 13/02/07, Barry Samuels bjsamuels@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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> main@lists.alug.org.uk >> http://www.alug.org.uk/ >> http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main >> Unsubscribe? 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