Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760084AbYBYXed (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:34:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755941AbYBYXeY (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:34:24 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.13]:32817 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755852AbYBYXeW (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:34:22 -0500 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:32:49 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Gerold Jury Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: extra bytes written to SATA DVD drive on kernel 2.6.23 till 2.6.24.2 Message-Id: <20080225153249.5a5d555c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <200802252005.22663.gml@inode.at> References: <200802252005.22663.gml@inode.at> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 6489 Lines: 145 On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:05:22 +0100 Gerold Jury wrote: > Hello, > > I have two DVD drives, one connected to the SATA port (LG) the other to the > IDE port (PHILIPS) of a via chipset. > They are driven by VIA SATA support (SATA_VIA) and VIA PATA support > (PATA_VIA). > > When I write an iso image to the drive on the SATA port /dev/sr0 it has some > extra bytes on disk which make the disk unreadable. > Writing to the IDE drive /dev/sr1 works well. > > A simple test with a DVD RAM and dd instead of growisofs > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/srX bs=1024k count=10 > > and a readback afterwards > > dd if=/dev/srX of=imageX.bin bs=1024k count=10 > > gives me an all zero file from the IDE drive but a file > full of probably scsi commands for the SATA drive and looks like > > 00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| > * > 00020000 2a 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 |*....@..@....@..| > 00020010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| > * > 00040000 2a 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 |*.......@.......| > 00040010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| > * > 00060000 2a 00 00 00 00 c0 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 c0 00 00 |*...............| > 00060010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| > * > 00061010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2a 00 00 00 00 c2 00 00 |........*.......| > 00061020 40 00 00 00 00 c2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |@...............| > 00061030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| > * > 00081010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2a 00 00 00 01 02 00 00 |........*.......| > 00081020 40 00 00 00 01 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |@...............| > 00081030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| > * > 000a1010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2a 00 00 00 01 42 00 00 |........*....B..| > 000a1020 40 00 00 00 01 42 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |@....B..........| > 000a1030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| > * > 000c1010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2a 00 00 00 01 82 00 00 |........*.......| > 000c1020 40 00 00 00 01 82 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |@...............| > 000c1030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| > > I really need some hints to make the SATA drive usable, please. > (added linux-ide) Did any earlier kernel work OK? 2.6.22? Thanks. > > uname -a > Linux blaubaer 2.6.24.2 #4 Sun Feb 24 21:50:21 CET 2008 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) > 64 Processor 3400+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux > > lspvi -v > > 00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID > Controller (rev 80) > Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V600/K8V Deluxe/K8V-X/A8V Deluxe > motherboard > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20 > I/O ports at e800 [size=8] > I/O ports at e400 [size=4] > I/O ports at e000 [size=8] > I/O ports at d800 [size=4] > I/O ports at d400 [size=16] > I/O ports at d000 [size=256] > Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 > Kernel driver in use: sata_via > > 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. > VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a > [Master SecP PriP]) > Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V600/K8V-X/A8V Deluxe motherboard > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20 > [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] > [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] > [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] > [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] > I/O ports at fc00 [size=16] > Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 > Kernel driver in use: pata_via > > cat /var/log/messages > > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: version 2.3 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[B] -> GSI 20 (level, > low) -> IRQ 20 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: routed to hard irq line 10 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer scsi3 : sata_via > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer scsi4 : sata_via > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xe800 ctl 0xe400 bmdma > 0xd400 irq 20 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xe000 ctl 0xd800 bmdma > 0xd408 irq 20 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer ata4: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl > 300) > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl > 300) > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer ata5.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH20NS10, EL00, max > UDMA/100 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer ata5.00: configured for UDMA/100 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST DVDRAM > GH20NS10 EL00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw > xa/form2 cdda tray > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer pata_via 0000:00:0f.1: version 0.3.3 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.1[A] -> GSI 20 (level, > low) -> IRQ 20 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer scsi5 : pata_via > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer scsi6 : pata_via > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer ata6: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma > 0xfc00 irq 14 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer ata7: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma > 0xfc08 irq 15 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer ata6.00: ATAPI: PHILIPS SPD2411P, BP01, max UDMA/66 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer ata6.00: limited to UDMA/33 due to 40-wire cable > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer ata6.00: configured for UDMA/33 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer scsi 5:0:0:0: CD-ROM PHILIPS SPD2411P > BP01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw > xa/form2 cdda tray > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 > Feb 25 18:20:57 blaubaer sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5 -- 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/