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I use the 2.6.18 emission1 sources without the "irqpoll" parameter without problems/waitings.
I have disabled the IDE-support and only use the libata drivers for JMicron-IDE (PATA) and AHCI drivers for the ICH8R and JMicron-SATA controller. |
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another angle is to give vanilla-sources-2.6.19-rc-5 a try.
It is more stable than the mm-sources and it boots from PATA and SATA-drives
without any problems.
No patches required.
I can post my kernelconfig if someone wants it... |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:17 am Post subject: Asus P5W DH Deluxe |
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Hi.
@kernelOfTruth:
I have a Asus P5W DH Deluxe, same motherboard as you.
I have a similar hard drive setup to you i think.
just 1x hdd on Intel ICH7 SATA
1x hdd on Intel ICH7 IDE
1x dvdrw on Intel ICH7 IDE
2x hdd on JMicron IDE
I've tried the latest minimal live cd, it boots up after using "irqpoll" but it soon freezes when running tasks (such as running fdisk, links or any other app).
Just wondering how have you got yours to work properly?
Any help will be GREATLY appreciated as this is sending me crazy. |
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saru
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Hi all reading this thread,
I'm trying to get gentoo on my new machine:
- Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 mainboard (with ICH8 and JMicron for the Bios-Raid and IDE)
- 2 Western Digital SATA drives connected to the JMicron controller in Bios Raid0
- cd drive also hooked up to the JMicron IDE controller
- E6600 Core 2 Duo (2.4GHz)
- 2Gigs RAM
- some crappy GFX card
So I've been trying to get this system to work dual-boot windows/gentoo for a good week and a half now, and after trying several configurations -- linux software raid with unraided windows caused windows to constantly hang, in fact the setup disk wouldn't even start any more -- the closest I've come to succes is with the current Bios Raid. Windows is on the system and running normally. I can use kernelOfTruth's liveCD to start gentoo, and follow the steps in the handbook no problem (created all the partitions, ermeged and compiled stuff... all no issues).
My one final and only issue is that I can't get Gentoo to boot. Following the gentoo raid howtos (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_Install_on_Bios_(Onboard)_RAID and in particular http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_with_NVRAID_using_dmraid) it seems that it is very well possible to have a Raid0 boot partition. As far as I can tell from the howto the solution is using an initrd.
I've enabled all the JMicron support in the kernel menuconfig and I've run genkernel to produce the initrd with the --dmraid option. I get the following error when I try to boot:
>> Loading modules
>> Activating mdev
>> Activating Device-Mapper RAID(s)
no block devices found
>> Determining root device...
!! Block device /dev/mapper/jmicron_GRAID________8 is nt a valid root device..
!! The root block device is unspecified or not detected.
Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell...
I've tried to genkernel with --evms2 also, but that didn't have any effect (--lvm2 didn't compile... something about not finding target "")
I feel like I'm very very close to getting my system working. I can't believe I'd fail at just getting linux booting since the liveCD does it.
help? |
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kernelOfTruth
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:40 am Post subject: |
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ok ladys & gentlemen:
here's what I found out sofar:
- the kernel seems to have problems with PATA-Part of the JMicron controller (don't know if that still applies to the newer kernels beginning with >=2.6.19-rc1)
- the SATA-part seems to be fine (proof ?  )
-> one solution would be to buy SATA-to-IDE-Adaptors for the IDE-Drives
- for those stuck with instaling grub on the raid (the FakeRaidHowto installation), there are some tips in the ubuntu wiki:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FakeRaidHowto
-> you have to copy some files over to the grub / boot directory ...
- what also helped your fellow sufferers was: play with the BIOS-settings of the IDE/SATA-Controllers
-> this in some cases improved the detection / behavior of the jmicron controller ...
- if grub won't do it I would give lilo a try
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kernelOfTruth
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@rammstein:
| Quote: | | I've tried the latest minimal live cd |
with latest minimal live cd you mean gentoo's official 2006.1 release ? or one of my liveCDs ?
if you're using the official gentoo livecd & you're installing gentoo on the the Intel ICH7 IDE or SATA I would recommend disabling the JMicron controller during install (/ booting of the livecd) (if you're not dependent on it)
after you've disabled the JMicron controller you can also try to boot the CD without "irqpoll"
@to those having problem with PATA-installation:
try out this patch for grub:
| Code: | diff -uNr grub-0.97/stage2/builtins.c grub-0.97.new/stage2/builtins.c
--- grub-0.97/stage2/builtins.c 2006-11-07 18:42:42.000000000 +0000
+++ grub-0.97.new/stage2/builtins.c 2006-11-07 18:34:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@
}
/* Hard disks. */
- for (drive = 0x80; drive < 0x88; drive++)
+ for (drive = 0x80; drive < 0x90; drive++)
{
unsigned long part = 0xFFFFFF;
unsigned long start, len, offset, ext_offset;
diff -uNr grub-0.97/stage2/char_io.c grub-0.97.new/stage2/char_io.c
--- grub-0.97/stage2/char_io.c 2006-11-07 18:42:42.000000000 +0000
+++ grub-0.97.new/stage2/char_io.c 2006-11-07 18:50:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
{
cls ();
- grub_printf ("\n GNU GRUB version %s (%dK lower / %dK upper memory)\n\n",
+ grub_printf ("\n GNU GRUB version %s-16 (%dK lower / %dK upper memory)\n\n",
version_string, mbi.mem_lower, mbi.mem_upper);
}
diff -uNr grub-0.97/stage2/disk_io.c grub-0.97.new/stage2/disk_io.c
--- grub-0.97/stage2/disk_io.c 2006-11-07 18:42:42.000000000 +0000
+++ grub-0.97.new/stage2/disk_io.c 2006-11-07 18:33:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
return 1;
if (!(current_partition & 0xFF000000uL)
- && ((current_drive & 0xFFFFFF7F) < 8
+ && ((current_drive & 0xFFFFFF7F) < 16
|| current_drive == cdrom_drive)
&& (current_partition & 0xFF) == 0xFF
&& ((current_partition & 0xFF00) == 0xFF00
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@
i < (ptr && (*(ptr-1) == 'd' && *(ptr-2) == 'f') ? 1:2);
i++)
{
- for (j = 0; j < 8; j++)
+ for (j = 0; j < 16; j++)
{
disk_no = (i * 0x80) + j;
if ((disk_choice || disk_no == current_drive) |
it allows grub to recognize more harddrives / higher controller numbers:
found on grub's bugtracker
don't know if it works, since it's addressed to freebsd-users ...
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| Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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When I first installed gentoo on my the computer with the JMicron ATA Controller, I had to use mm-sources-2.6.18_rc*. I then moved to vanilla-sources-2.6.19_rc* a few weeks ago and got it working properly.
Currently, I'm using 2.6.18-gentoo-r2 and have been doing so for the last few days without any major problems (and obviously with DMA). The ability of the 2.6.18 kernel + gentoo patches to work on this chipset seemed to not have been established, at least in this thread.
Hopefully that'll help with those that prefer the gentoo patchset.
Cheers. |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I do not find a JMicron driver for PATA in this gentoo-sources. |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Device Drivers ---> ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support --->
<*> ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support
<*> Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/tape/floppy support
[*] Use multi-mode by default
<*> generic/default IDE chipset support (NEW)
[*] PCI IDE chipset support
[*] Sharing PCI IDE interrupts support
[*] Generic PCI bus-master DMA support
[*] Use PCI DMA by default when available
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| Quote: | Device Drivers ---> SCSI device support --->
SCSI low-level drivers ---> <*> Serial ATA (SATA) support
<*> AHCI SATA support
<*> Intel PIIX/ICH SATA support |
select additional drivers and you should be set
(depending on the drivers needed by your board)
I think the JMicron controller is driven by | Quote: | | <*> generic/default IDE chipset support (NEW) |
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| kernelOfTruth wrote: | I think the JMicron controller is driven by | Quote: | | <*> generic/default IDE chipset support (NEW) |
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Ah, I searched for an entry with JMicron in the name. I think I will stick with the emission sources. There I do not have to enable the whole IDE stack for the controller. |
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rammstein
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| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:31 am Post subject: |
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still having no luck  the live cd locks up after ive downloaded the stage3 and portage tarballs
or when i try to open another virtual terminal.. it reads the cd.. then dies |
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| kernelOfTruth wrote: | rammstein, have you tried all?
x86 r4, r5; amd64 r3, r4 ?
have you tried the final for x86? <-- at least that one should work  |
You mean the "unoffical" final with JMicron support? |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:08 am Post subject: |
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Just tried 2.6.19-rc5-mm2. Motherboard is GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3.
03:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02)
03:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 22)
and ICH8.
The kernel boot takes a long time. Here is the dmesg
scsi6 : pata_jmicron
ata7.00: ATAPI, max UDMA/33
ata7.01: qc timeout (cmd 0xa1)
ata7.01: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata7: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata7.01: qc timeout (cmd 0xa1)
ata7.01: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata7: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata7.01: qc timeout (cmd 0xa1)
ata7.01: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata7: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata7.00: configured for UDMA/33
scsi7 : pata_jmicron
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x7807
scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM BENQ DVD DD DW1640 BSLB PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
This is booted without "irqpoll"
Here is my .config: http://www.rafb.net/paste/results/e0JX0f86.html
Going to try rc6 later.
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lenk
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:16 am Post subject: |
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Booting 2.6.19-rc5-mm2 with "irqpoll" hard freezes the kernel during boot time.
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lenk
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:32 am Post subject: |
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I'm back to 2.6.18-emission1. I'm fedup with the libata jmicron PATA driver. Since I need the IDE silicon image driver, I've have enabled the IDE stack with silicon image and jmicron basic support and everything works fine now. I don't see any reason why any of you should use the libata jmicron PATA driver, it quite broken.
On another note, the sky2 driver from 2.6.18-emission1 keeps hard freezing my system randomly.
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ChL@Gentoo
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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| lenk wrote: | | I don't see any reason why any of you should use the libata jmicron PATA driver, it quite broken. |
I use it without any problems. What do you mean with broken? |
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CHL@Gentoo: which kernel do you use and which motherboard? What is your configuration and can you show me your .config. You have no error at all during boot? Thanks
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I have the MSI P965 Platinum with the Intel ICH8R and the JMicron JMB361 controllers.
First I used the emission sources 2.6.18-r1 but now I use the vanilla sources 2.6.19-rc6 because with that my network card (Realtek RTL8111B) is supported and I do not need the drivers (which do not work 100%) from Realtek's website.
I have disabled the IDE part and use only libata because it did not work very well for me.
I do not get errors but some "warnings":
| Code: | ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x9C07
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x9087
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x8C07
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xC807 |
But as far as I know it's normal because that are the SATA ports that I do not use.
Here are my kernel configs:
emission: http://pastebin.com/832640
vanilla: http://pastebin.ca/257645 |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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@rammstein:
yeah, I mean this one (final_small-gentoo_x86.tar.gz)
@ChL@Gentoo:
I get these warnings, too
could you please have a look at your harddisk-led / light and tell me if it from time to time lights constantly ?
with certain kernels (e.g. 2.6.19-rc4-mm2 on x86) I get
| Quote: | ata3.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa0)
ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata3.00: tag 0 cmd 0xa0 Emask 0x5 stat 0x51 err 0x20 (timeout)
ata3: soft resetting port
ata3.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa1)
ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata3.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
ata3: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata3: soft resetting port
ata3.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa1)
ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata3.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
ata3: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata3: soft resetting port
ata3.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa1)
ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata3.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
ata3.00: disabled
ata3: EH complete |
(ata3 is my DVD-drive  )
I don't know if this only is limited to mm-branch
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