Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:20:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:20:06 -0400 Received: from perninha.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.156]:3332 "HELO perninha.conectiva.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:20:05 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:29:49 -0300 (BRT) From: Marcelo Tosatti X-X-Sender: marcelo@freak.distro.conectiva To: Daniel Tschan Cc: lkml , Alan Cox Subject: Re: 2.4.19-rc3 incorrectly detects PDC20276 in ATA mode as raid controller In-Reply-To: <32868.80.218.9.155.1027457806.squirrel@www.devzone.ch> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1228 Lines: 34 Set CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE on. On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Daniel Tschan wrote: > Hi > > Kernel 2.4.19-rc3 introduces a new bug regarding the Promise PDC20276 > controller. One of my machines has a Gigabyte GA-8IRXP Motherboard with an > onboard Promise PDC20276. The controller can either be run in RAID or in > ATA mode. I operate it in ATA mode. Kernel 2.4.19-rc3 now incorrectly > skips IDE initialization of the PDC20276 because it thinks it's a RAID > controller which results in a kernel panic (the root filesystem is on a > harddisk connected to the Promise controller). It outputs a message like > this before it panics: PDC20276: Skipping RAID controller. This worked > correctly in 2.4.19-rc2. > > Regards > Daniel > > > > - > 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/