Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030270AbVJERMJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:12:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030268AbVJERMJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:12:09 -0400 Received: from mailhub.lss.emc.com ([168.159.2.31]:53059 "EHLO mailhub.lss.emc.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030264AbVJERMH (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:12:07 -0400 Message-ID: <43440915.7060405@emc.com> Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:10:45 -0400 From: Brett Russ User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Garzik CC: Evgeny Rodichev , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.14-rc2] libata: Marvell SATA support (DMA mode) (resend: v0.22) References: <20050930053600.F3B821CDD0@lns1058.lss.emc.com> <4341E420.6070808@pobox.com> <434407A2.6010605@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <434407A2.6010605@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 4.7.1.128075, Antispam-Engine: 2.1.0.0, Antispam-Data: 2005.10.5.18 X-PerlMx-Spam: Gauge=, SPAM=7%, Reasons='EMC_FROM_00+ 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1265 Lines: 38 Jeff Garzik wrote: > Evgeny Rodichev wrote: > >> On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> >>> applied >>> >> >> This patch leads to freeze with Marvell MV88SX6041 4-port SATA II >> PCI-X Controller (rev 03), as I wrote already >> (http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0510.0/0203.html) >> >> It is impossible to reboot the system without harware reset (after >> modprobe). > > > I'm betting a temporary workaround should be to disable CONFIG_SMP. > > The first attached patch (patch.1) fixes one of the lockups. The second > attached patch (patch.2) should fix all the lockups, but that's just a > guess, and it's a very ugly patch. > > Note that patch.2 depends on patch.1. I'm testing a more extensive patch that should address these issues. I had sent something similar to the patches above to several users and it fixed the lockup and brought 60xx to a working condition. BR PS...please CC the linux-ide mailing list in the future with these problem reports, I am not subscribed to lkml. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/