Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030204AbWBYK4q (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:56:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030206AbWBYK4q (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:56:46 -0500 Received: from vmx03.prolocation.net ([81.23.230.33]:38080 "EHLO vmx03.prolocation.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030204AbWBYK4o (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:56:44 -0500 Message-ID: <011f01c639f9$8dc86bc0$3d64880a@speedy> Reply-To: "Christiaan den Besten" From: "Christiaan den Besten" To: "Eyal Lebedinsky" , "Milan Kupcevic" Cc: "Jeff Garzik" , , , , , References: <43FFAE3D.7010002@physics.harvard.edu> <44000036.7070403@eyal.emu.id.au> Subject: Re: [PATCH] sata_promise: Port enumeration order - SATA 150 TX4, SATA 300 TX4 Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:52:21 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-KM95-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: chris@scorpion.nl X-Prolocation-MailScanner-Information: Please contact helpdesk@prolocation.net for more information X-Prolocation-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Prolocation-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-2.589, required 5, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -2.60, FORGED_RCVD_HELO 0.00, PROLO_LEO5 0.01) X-Prolocation-MailScanner-From: chris@scorpion.nl Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2232 Lines: 63 Hi ! We have several of these boards in use [SATA 300 TX4] (bought over time .. not in one batch). All of them have the ordering as described below. So another vote for "Please fix!" :) bye, Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eyal Lebedinsky" To: "Milan Kupcevic" Cc: "Jeff Garzik" ; ; ; ; ; Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [PATCH] sata_promise: Port enumeration order - SATA 150 TX4, SATA 300 TX4 > Milan Kupcevic wrote: >> From: Milan Kupcevic >> >> Fix Promise SATAII 150 TX4 (PDC40518) and Promise SATA 300 TX4 >> (PDC40718-GP) wrong port enumeration order that makes it (nearly) >> impossible to deal with boot problems using two or more drives. >> >> Signed-off-by: Milan Kupcevic >> --- >> >> The current kernel driver assumes: >> >> port 1 - scsi3 >> port 2 - scsi1 >> port 3 - scsi0 >> port 4 - scsi2 > > I totally agree with the fact that the Linux driver gets the ports wrong > when compared to the BIOS, Windows and surely contradicts the port > numbers printed on the board. I doubt we all got samples on the one > bad batch... > > It *is* a real problem and if the solution is correct then I support it. > > Maybe we need a quick feedback from current users: do you guys find > that the ports are detected as they are labelled (white silk screen) > on the board or do they show up out of order (as listed above by > Milan)? > > -- > Eyal Lebedinsky (eyal@eyal.emu.id.au) > attach .zip as .dat > - > 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/ > > > - 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/