After Upgrade to Kernel 2.6.18-r2 SATA Problem

beliboy · n00b Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 8

Hi,

i have upgraded from Kernel 2.6.17-r8 to kernel 2.6.18-r2. Im using an AMD64 on an Asus A8V Deluxe Mainboard (kt800pro chipset). After the upgrade, i have to following lines in my kernel messages after boot:

graphicsMan · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 87

I have the same message. I have no idea if it is causing problems or not.

Winamp · n00b Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 4

I have the same problem

My M/B - Asus M2NPV-VM, it has 4 SATA2 controllers sata_nv and I can't use any of them due to "abnormal status" of all of SATA ports

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Pizentios · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject:

I am having the same problem, but with a fresh install and trying to use the hardened sources (this box is going to be a redundant email server). I even tried upgrading to 2.6.19-r5, with no luck. I am currently moving back to 2.6.17-r1 to see if it will work.

here's my hardware specs:

MotherBoard: Asus M2NPV-VM
RAM: 1GB
HD: 320GB Western Digital SATA
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 4200+

i'll post back once i have tried the 2.6.17 flavor of the hardened sources.
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wynn · Advocate Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 2421 Location: UK

What VIA SATA chipset have you got? lspci output would be fine.
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Pajarico · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:00 pm Post subject:

Here you have.

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Pajarico · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:16 pm Post subject:

Thnaks for your help.

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Pajarico · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:54 pm Post subject:

Following your advice I tried the following combinations:
- via82cxxx + sata_via + pata_via
- sata_via + pata_via
- sata_via + via82cxxx

I have yet to try every option alone. Also, when I'm talking about disabling via82cxxx I uncheck the whole "Generic PCI bus-master DMA support" under "ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support". Does matter? Should I try with via82cxxx disabled but "Generic PCI..." enabled instead?
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Pajarico · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:22 am Post subject:

I don't have anything as a module. My root partition is in a SATA drive so I can't make modules for them. AFAIK hidding a module would have the same effect as not compiling that feature at all. I just checked both .config's and both sections are identical.

About the "ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support" bit: I was talking about just disabling via82cxxx or the whole "Generic PCI bus-master DMA support" submenu. I don't know if that may affect, but provided that those sections are equal in both .conf's I don't see what else could be wrong.

Regards and thanks for your help.
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Pajarico · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:07 am Post subject:

Ok, thanks. I will search in kernel.org for changes related to via_sata etcetera.
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wynn · Advocate Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 2421 Location: UK

You could also file a bug report against gentoo-sources-2.6.20-r7.
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Pajarico · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:48 am Post subject:

If I don't find anything useful, I will.
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Pajarico · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject:

BTW, how can I save the output of the boot process? I'm asking because the "abnormal status" message it's said to be a non-show stopper in many threads, and there are other messages on my boot screen, like "error mask 0xXX" and also the driver starts to try diffrent speeds before panic.
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wynn · Advocate Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 2421 Location: UK

You can get the output of the boot process sent to another machine on the wired, Ethernet, network using netconsole: How to enable logging of the init-process?.

This doesn't log the init process (contrary to the thread's title), it only works up to the point where init starts, but it does include the mounting of the root filesystem (and kernel panic, if any).
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Pajarico · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject:

Unfortunately I don't have a second computer.
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Pajarico · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject:

Lost of updates:

-I tried with kernel 2.6.21 and the "error" persists.

-I noticed that after "abnormal status" there were two lines:

fred0 · Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 9:49 am Post subject:

Same problem with 2.6.20-r6 kernel and CONFIG_SATA_VIA=y and CONFIG_PATA_VIA=y
irqpoll solved it.

abnormal status warning is still present.

With 2.6.18 kernel and old CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_VIA=y the same message was present but i never pay attention of it because system works fine.

Pajarico · Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject:

Yes, it seems that "abnormal status" is just a warning with no importance...
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