https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=248860 ------- Comment #7 from imotgm@yahoo.com 2007-03-26 09:14 MST ------- 1. Hde is working on 10.1, I write to it every day. The it821x module, or the library it calls has had problems on SUSE since the MB was new. I need to massage it a bit after each kernel update, but it works fine once I get it soothed. fatman:~ # hdparm -I /dev/hde /dev/hde: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: ST3160023A Serial Number: 5LJ1SXJM Firmware Revision: 3.01 Standards: Used: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2 Supported: 6 5 4 3 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 65535 heads 16 1 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 4128705 LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 312581808 device size with M = 1024*1024: 152627 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 160041 MBytes (160 GB) Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) bytes avail on r/w long: 4 Queue depth: 1 Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16 Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 0 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=240ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * READ BUFFER cmd * WRITE BUFFER cmd * Host Protected Area feature set * Look-ahead * Write cache * Power Management feature set Security Mode feature set * FLUSH CACHE EXT command * Mandatory FLUSH CACHE command * 48-bit Address feature set SET MAX security extension Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked not frozen not expired: security count not supported: enhanced erase HW reset results: CBLID- above Vih Device num = 0 determined by the jumper Checksum: correct -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fatman:~ # smartctl -a /dev/hde -bash: smartctl: command not found -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Using brokenmodules=it821x the installer hangs at; loading pata_it821xudevd-event[1504]: wait_for_sysfs: waiting for '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:00:0e.0/0000:02:0c.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/ioerr_cnt' failed 3. Alt+F4 reveals a still running system, with the following abbreviated output; ata3: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0x0) ata3: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0xd0) ata3: soft resetting port ata3: EH ata3.00: speed down requested but no transfer node left ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen ata3.00: cmd 29/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0cdb 0x0 data 4096 in res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) This repeats a number of times, then does the same with ata4. There is a jump, which moves too fast to copy, wherein there are references to scsi errors on sda, and sdb, which are, in fact, hde and hdg. I can tell because of the partitioning structure. There is a reset, of sorts with; ata3: limiting speed to DMA25 which works its way down the speed ladder to the above, and loops again. It does this for about 20 minutes, then finally gives up on the it8212, and proceeds until it reaches a point where it can't find the install program and asks if it should continue manually. A yes gets a language choice, and looks promising, until it says it can't find the installation media. It asks for a path, which I give, then reports "can't find the image" and goes into an endless loop to enter the /path/to/image, until I pull the plug. I'm currently running SuSE 8.2, SUSE 10.0, and SUSE 10.1, on this machine, as well as Mandrake 10.1, Mandriva 2007, PCLOS, and Slackware 9.1. Only the SUSE clan has problems with the it8212. It's either an odd module in the SUSE kernel, or the library it calls. I first came across a form of this with SUSE 9.3, but it's only 10.2 that loses it completely, and can't seem to tell the difference between PATA, and SATA, to boot. To clarify, I've had over twenty distros on this machine, at one time or another, over the last two years, and only SUSE shows this continuing problem with the it8212, A couple had no module for it at all, but the ones that did all worked from the get go. SUSE has been my main working platform since 6.4, so I'm not shopping for a new one. We need to get this one fixed, so it doesn't end up still broke in 10.3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.