Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932372AbVLULey (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:34:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932374AbVLULey (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:34:54 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:52161 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932372AbVLULex (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:34:53 -0500 Subject: Re: [Linux 2.4.32] SATA ICH5/PIIX and Combined mode From: Arjan van de Ven To: rol@as2917.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200512211110.jBLBALD24852@tag.witbe.net> References: <200512211110.jBLBALD24852@tag.witbe.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:34:51 +0100 Message-Id: <1135164891.3456.11.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.8 (--) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (-2.8 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -2.8 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 811 Lines: 20 On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 12:10 +0100, Paul Rolland wrote: > Hello, > > I have a machine with two SATA HDD, and one PATA CDRom. > Bios is configured for combined mode, and installing a RedHat ES3 > (Kernel 2.4.21-ELsmp) is fine, the two HDD are up, the installation > is fine and the CDRom is working. > > Then, upgrading to a vanilla 2.4.32, the ata_piix.c file contains > a "combined mode not supported" and booting the machine hangs, as > no VFS are up for root device. you can't reliably run a non-NPTL kernel on RHES3. Really. Are you really sure you want to ? - 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/