From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750805AbXBMQLd (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:11:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750809AbXBMQLd (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:11:33 -0500 Received: from dash.upc.es ([147.83.2.50]:47457 "EHLO dash.upc.es" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750805AbXBMQLc convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:11:32 -0500 From: Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda To: Jean Delvare Subject: Re: Sata_via problems in a Vintage2-AE1 Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:11:10 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 Cc: Tejun Heo , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox , Jeff Garzik References: <200702090010.06897.lepalom@wol.es> <200702121723.17999.lepalom@wol.es> <200702131220.21690.jdelvare@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <200702131220.21690.jdelvare@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <200702131711.11781.lepalom@wol.es> X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on Ackerman/UPC(Release 5.0.12 |February 13, 2003) at 13/02/2007 17:11:13, Serialize by Router on Ackerman/UPC(Release 5.0.12 |February 13, 2003) at 13/02/2007 17:11:15, Serialize complete at 13/02/2007 17:11:15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-13" Content-Disposition: inline X-Mail-Scanned: Criba 2.0 + Clamd X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (dash.upc.es [147.83.2.50]); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:11:15 +0100 (CET) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org A Dimarts 13 Febrer 2007 12:20, Jean Delvare va escriure: > Hi Leopold, > > Le Lundi 12 Février 2007 17:23, Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda a écrit : > > A Dilluns 12 Febrer 2007 10:11, Jean Delvare va escriure: > > > Did you report the problem to Asus? They should fix it. Maybe this new > > > BIOS actually fixes some other problems you have. > > > > no. It's on the todo list. However I'm a bit afraid because I'm not using > > the "official" system so probably they will say that "we do not support > > ..." > > That's indeed probable, but if enough people report the same problems, they > might still end up looking into it. > ok, I will try. > > Well in http://via8251.la-evento.com/index.html > > > > > > please tell me that I'm not violating any rule about the linux-kernel > > list putting this link :-S > > > > > > claims that the VT8251 are supported in 2.6.20. As always you nned to see > > the official place .... :-( > > That's quite a bold claim considering that the VT8251 includes many > different functions (PATA, SATA, USB, SMBus...) and can be configured > differently on different motherboards. Maybe most functions are supposedly > supported as of 2.6.20, but it doesn't mean everything works for everyone, > as you are experiencing yourself. sure, you're right. > > > *If* the VT8251 needs the VIA IRQ quirk, then the attached patch may > > > help. Leopold, can you give it a try? > > > > Well, making your patch to the vanilla 2.6.20 the result is the same. The > > box doesn't boot. Always the same problem .... > > If it's not a VIA IRQ problem, then there's nothing more I can do, sorry. > Someone else will have to look into the problem. > > Out of curiosity, with my patch applied, did you see any "VIA VLink IRQ > fixup" messages on the console? No :-( Regards, Leo