Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932311AbWESOZq (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 May 2006 10:25:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932316AbWESOZp (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 May 2006 10:25:45 -0400 Received: from owa.omneon.com ([12.36.122.13]:43287 "EHLO snv-exh1.omneon.local") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932311AbWESOZo convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 May 2006 10:25:44 -0400 x-mimeole: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Subject: RE: sata_mv module fails to load properly with 3 Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 cards Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 07:23:04 -0700 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: sata_mv module fails to load properly with 3 Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 cards Thread-Index: AcZ7MeNJNNQLX4aFR4248g89yrlxVQAHdrni References: <20060519104912.GA16598@favonius> From: "Michael Robak" To: Cc: , Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1528 Lines: 39 I tried out the 2.6.16.16 kernel yesterday and it seems to have solved my problem. The signifigant changes to sata_mv make the driver much more stable. -Mike -----Original Message----- From: Sander [mailto:sander@humilis.net] Sent: Fri 5/19/2006 3:49 AM To: Michael Robak Cc: sander@humilis.net; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sata_mv module fails to load properly with 3 Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 cards Michael Robak wrote (ao): > It apears that having multiple bus speeds is not the cause of my issue. > I was able to get the sata_mv module initalization to hang even when I > had only 2 cards plugged into both of the 100 MHz slots. This issue is > extremely difficult to diagnose. Sometimes the sata_mv module will load > just fine and recognize 24 drives, others it will hang the system during > intalization, and others it will only fine 23 drives, but the > initalization completes. > > Any help would be appreciated, I'm affraid I can't help you much. Mark Lord works on getting the driver stable on 2.6.16.x kernels. After that he wants to port forward the changes. FWIW, there is quite a big libata update which I assume goes into 2.6.17-rc4-mm2. Maybe that helps? With kind regards, Sander -- Humilis IT Services and Solutions http://www.humilis.net - 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/