Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752536AbYJVENs (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:13:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750725AbYJVENk (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:13:40 -0400 Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.188]:34379 "EHLO ti-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750696AbYJVENj (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:13:39 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=FGPnf+LBw2ueYn/XQ9L7CCb4KtEHUCXQmJXjoNYjst9tb1NVGMf9GWafJ8dVcV/yAa PvUQYy3aM/ymTLcubF6KIrj5kWCJZ3bINhCyIvzDIgXD95EIa5oE4raGEY/x9C92VIoo 2xzRDVaQU51wNKlbMoj1b58iTeUECTz0DvqK0= Message-ID: <48FEA86C.9030909@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:13:32 +0900 From: Tejun Heo User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20071114) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linda Walsh CC: Smartmontools Mailing List , Bruce Allen , LKML Subject: Re: Promise SATA-standby +selftest=hungdrive; Sil works... References: <48E1B8F8.3090205@gmail.com> <48E26BDA.8080804@tlinx.org> <48E26E61.2010705@gmail.com> <48E34BC8.3050009@tlinx.org> <48E6DE07.70706@gmail.com> <48EAAF2E.4060407@tlinx.org> <48EAB672.3010209@gmail.com> <48EABD07.6030506@tlinx.org> <48EABE8E.9070809@gmail.com> <48EBE263.8000500@tlinx.org> <48EBF7F7.8080908@gmail.com> <48FEA0C5.5000802@tlinx.org> In-Reply-To: <48FEA0C5.5000802@tlinx.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1037 Lines: 28 Linda Walsh wrote: > This is with 2.6.26.5 (there are multiple other problems with 2.6.27[.0]). > > The problem with the drive going "offline" doesn't happen with a > sil_sata(3124) controller -- so no need to unplug and replug... > > > I.e. when the drives are in standby, if smartd or a smartctl command > attempts to run a drive self-test (short), I get timeout errors from the > Promise controller (which hangs the sys if I try unplugging/replugging > the cable to the hung drive). > The drives correctly spin up to speed and perform the short-test with > the sil controller. > > It would seem there is a problem with the Promise controller or driver? Yeah, Mikael found out that hardreset requires controller reset before it. Hopefully, it will be fixed soon. Thanks. -- tejun -- 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/