Hi,
I have a large number of IDE hard disks here where I work. Since moving to
2.4.19 from 2.4.17, several of these disks have stopped working, resulting
in a kernel panic after the drive has declared itself to have 0 cylinders!
All the disks that have broken are the following:
Seagate 80GB U6 ST380020ACE with Firmware version 4.65
We have lots of these same drives, with FW v 3.34, that all work fine. I do
not have a single drive with the 4.65 firmware working.
My problem is that these drives used to work fine, with 2.4.17. They are
not obsolete hardware, I think they are all less than 6 months old.
I have seen this on CS5530 with the standard kernel PCI IDE, and on SIS630
with the SIS Kernel IDE driver.
Setting ide=nodma makes no difference.
Here is an excerpt from the kernel console booting:
....
hda: ST380020ACE, ATA DISK drive
....
hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda: setmax_ext LBA 1, native 0
hda: 0 sectors (0 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS 0/255/63, (U)DMA
....
hda2: bad access: block=2, count=2
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:02 (hda), sector 2
EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
hda2: bad access: block=2, count=2
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:02 (hda), sector 2
EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02
Is this a result of all the new IDE stuff that went in in 2.4.19???
Cheers for any help,
James Finnie
Imerge Ltd.
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James Finnie wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a large number of IDE hard disks here where I work. Since moving to
> 2.4.19 from 2.4.17, several of these disks have stopped working, resulting
> in a kernel panic after the drive has declared itself to have 0 cylinders!
> All the disks that have broken are the following:
>
> Seagate 80GB U6 ST380020ACE with Firmware version 4.65
>
> We have lots of these same drives, with FW v 3.34, that all work fine. I do
> not have a single drive with the 4.65 firmware working.
>
> My problem is that these drives used to work fine, with 2.4.17. They are
> not obsolete hardware, I think they are all less than 6 months old.
>
> I have seen this on CS5530 with the standard kernel PCI IDE, and on SIS630
> with the SIS Kernel IDE driver.
>
> Setting ide=nodma makes no difference.
>
> Here is an excerpt from the kernel console booting:
>
>
> ....
> hda: ST380020ACE, ATA DISK drive
> ....
> hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
> hda: setmax_ext LBA 1, native 0
> hda: 0 sectors (0 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS 0/255/63, (U)DMA
> ....
> hda2: bad access: block=2, count=2
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:02 (hda), sector 2
> EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
> hda2: bad access: block=2, count=2
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:02 (hda), sector 2
> EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02
>
>
> Is this a result of all the new IDE stuff that went in in 2.4.19???
"All the new IDE stuff" hasn't really hit 2.4.x yet...
Do you have CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE set? If yes, do things start working
if you disable it?
Can you post the other IDE options you have set in your kernel config?
Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Garzik [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 20 September 2002 15:19
> To: James Finnie
> Cc: '[email protected]'
> Subject: Re: IDE Hard disk geometry problem in 2.4.19 / 2.4.20pre7
>
>
> James Finnie wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a large number of IDE hard disks here where I work.
> Since moving to
> > 2.4.19 from 2.4.17, several of these disks have stopped
> working, resulting
> > in a kernel panic after the drive has declared itself to
> have 0 cylinders!
> > All the disks that have broken are the following:
> >
> > Seagate 80GB U6 ST380020ACE with Firmware version 4.65
> >
> > We have lots of these same drives, with FW v 3.34, that all
> work fine. I do
> > not have a single drive with the 4.65 firmware working.
> >
> > My problem is that these drives used to work fine, with
> 2.4.17. They are
> > not obsolete hardware, I think they are all less than 6 months old.
> >
> > I have seen this on CS5530 with the standard kernel PCI
> IDE, and on SIS630
> > with the SIS Kernel IDE driver.
> >
> > Setting ide=nodma makes no difference.
> >
> > Here is an excerpt from the kernel console booting:
> >
> >
> > ....
> > hda: ST380020ACE, ATA DISK drive
> > ....
> > hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error }
> > hda: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
> > hda: setmax_ext LBA 1, native 0
> > hda: 0 sectors (0 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS 0/255/63, (U)DMA
> > ....
> > hda2: bad access: block=2, count=2
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:02 (hda), sector 2
> > EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
> > hda2: bad access: block=2, count=2
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:02 (hda), sector 2
> > EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02
> >
> >
> > Is this a result of all the new IDE stuff that went in in 2.4.19???
>
>
> "All the new IDE stuff" hasn't really hit 2.4.x yet...
>
> Do you have CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE set? If yes, do things
> start working
> if you disable it?
>
> Can you post the other IDE options you have set in your kernel config?
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
Hi Jeff,
we do not have CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE set; I just tried setting it and get
the same result.
Here are the IDE bits that we are setting:
#
# ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support
#
CONFIG_IDE=y
#
# IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
# CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE is not set
# CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_VENDOR is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_FUJITSU is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_IBM is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_MAXTOR is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_QUANTUM is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_SEAGATE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_WD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COMMERIAL is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TIVO is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y
# CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_FORCED is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_ONLYDISK is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_TIMEOUT is not set
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_NEW_DRIVE_LISTINGS is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set
# CONFIG_AEC62XX_TUNING is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3=y
# CONFIG_WDC_ALI15X3 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX=y
# CONFIG_AMD74XX_OVERRIDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD680 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set
# CONFIG_HPT34X_AUTODMA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
# CONFIG_PIIX_TUNING is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX=y
CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST=y
# CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
# CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_HPT is not set
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Imerge Limited Tel :- +44 (0)1954 783600
Unit 6 Bar Hill Business Park Fax :- +44 (0)1954 783601
Saxon Way Web :- http://www.imerge.co.uk
Bar Hill
Cambridge
CB3 8SL
United Kingdom
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