Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754837AbYCULSY (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:18:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754497AbYCULSO (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:18:14 -0400 Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.46]:47024 "EHLO vms046pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755681AbYCULSN (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:18:13 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:17:55 -0400 From: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc9-git4: pata_pcmcia, disabling IRQ #9 and Re: libata and legacy ide pcmcia failure In-reply-to: <20080321104002.27a7d19e@core> To: Alan Cox Cc: Tejun Heo , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" Message-id: <47E39963.2090908@verizon.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <47067DB9.80200@roarinelk.homelinux.net> <47E300B2.7000104@verizon.net> <20080321011205.4c7b4a61@core> <47E31197.70003@gmail.com> <20080321104002.27a7d19e@core> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1461 Lines: 42 Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:38:31 +0900 > Tejun Heo wrote: > > >> Alan Cox wrote: >> >>> O> Mar 20 19:51:45 idefix kernel: ata12: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0xa100 ctl >>> >>>> 0xa10e irq 3 >>>> Mar 20 19:52:15 idefix kernel: ata12.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91) >>>> Mar 20 19:52:15 idefix kernel: ata12.00: failed to IDENTIFY >>>> (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4) >>>> >>> Thinkpad T61p .. I've seen a few of these. >>> >>> Firstly try the card and adapter in a different PC and let me know if >>> that works. So far they do. If that is the case get the latest firmware >>> updates (BIOS etc) for your thinkpad and see if the problem goes away. >>> They (or our ACPI code I guess it may be) have some serious IRQ routing >>> problems on this box. >>> >> Any chance the thing just chokes up on INIT_DEV_PARAMS? >> > > Possibly but I've seen several previosu reports showing no IRQ being > delivered off these machines. You get IRQ 3 reported as assigned and an > IRQ 9 turns up. > > Alan > > How can I check to see if this is the case? How would this explain that the adapter and card sometimes work when they are in when the system boots? peter -- 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/