Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 13:51:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
To: Hugo Mills <hugo-lkml@carfax.org.uk>
cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SiI3112 lost interrupts
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Well I just now got it refixed (for two environments) and discussing with
SiI how to address this in a final solution.

Working the driver not to yeild CRC reports from the PATA core when they
need to be address in the SATA layer from PHY level reporting.

Cheers,

Andre Hedrick
LAD Storage Consulting Group

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Hugo Mills wrote:

>    I bought a SiI3112-based SATA adapter (Adaptec 1210SA) and a 120Gb
> drive for my computer a while ago. Unfortunately, I can't get them to
> work in any sensible manner at the moment.
> 
>    I'm running 2.4.22-pre6-ac1, so by all accounts the chip should be
> recognised (it is), and put into some form of DMA mode (it isn't) on
> boot up. Any attempts to access the disk appear to work, but take a
> _very_ long time, and cause lots of lost interrupts. 
> 
>    The relevant sections from the logs when the machine starts up look
> like this:
> 
> Adaptec AAR-1210SA: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:0b.0
> PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:0b.0
> Adaptec AAR-1210SA: chipset revision 2
> Adaptec AAR-1210SA: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide0: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
> ide1: MMIO-DMA , BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
> ALI15X3: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:0f.0
> ALI15X3: chipset revision 193
> ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide2: BM-DMA at 0x9000-0x9007, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:pio
> ide3: BM-DMA at 0x9008-0x900f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
> hda: ST3120026AS, ATA DISK drive
> hdc: no response (status = 0xfe)
> hde: Maxtor 90648D3, ATA DISK drive
> blk: queue c0340238, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
> hdg: Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-120S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> ide0 at 0xd4816080-0xd4816087,0xd481608a on irq 10
> ide2 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide3 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> hda: attached ide-disk driver.
> hda: lost interrupt
> hda: lost interrupt
> hda: lost interrupt
> hda: host protected area => 1
> hda: lost interrupt
> hda: 234441648 sectors (120034 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=14593/255/63
> hda: lost interrupt
> hda: lost interrupt
> hde: attached ide-disk driver.
> hde: host protected area => 1
> hde: 12656448 sectors (6480 MB) w/512KiB Cache, CHS=787/255/63, UDMA(33)
> Partition check:
> /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0:<3>hda: lost interrupt
> p1 p2 p3
> /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0: p1
> 
>    I've tried most, if not all, of the "fixes" that people have
> suggested on LKML for this chipset (all the hdparm invocations, for
> example), and haven't managed to change any of the symptoms I
> mentioned above. Can anyone suggest any way that I can get this [for
> me] rather expensive and currently useless piece of hardware working
> under Linux?
> 
>    I know that Andre Hedrick has fixed some things in an unreleased
> patch, but it's unclear exactly which problems he's fixed, or when the
> patch is going to be released. Is anyone in a position to say whether
> my problem is going to be fixed by his changes, or when that patch is
> going to be released, if ever?
> 
>    Thanks,
>    Hugo.
> 
> -- 
> === Hugo Mills: hugo@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk ===
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