Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:56:39 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Continuing saga: FreeBSD -CURRENT hangs with ATA code after April Message-ID: <1236048999.37252.159.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <49AC68A4.6060201@FreeBSD.org> References: <gohee3$2lla$1@FreeBSD.cs.nctu.edu.tw> <49AC4DB3.9020007@FreeBSD.org> <1236029236.37252.113.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <49AC5E39.7090305@FreeBSD.org> <1236034349.37252.147.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <49AC68A4.6060201@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 01:15 +0200, Alexander Motin wrote: > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 00:31 +0200, Alexander Motin wrote: > >> Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > >>> On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 23:20 +0200, Alexander Motin wrote: > >>>> Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > >>>>> I started this thread on May 31 of last year: > >>>>> > >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-May/085923.html > >>>>> > >>>>> The problem remains as of: > >>>>> > >>>>> FreeBSD fugu.marcuscom.com 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #12: Sun Mar > >>>>> 1 16:10:52 EST 2009 > >>>>> gnome@fugu.marcuscom.com:/space/obj/usr/src/sys/FUGU i386 > >>>>> > >>>>> The only way I can boot this system is to hack in the ATA code from > >>>>> April 9, 2008. I would love just to be able to boot this guy on a > >>>>> default -CURRENT. > >>>> 1) If I understand right, you had working system on April 9, 2008 and > >>>> not working on May 31, 2008 and now. Have you tried to narrow down that > >>>> interval between working and not working system to find exact point of > >>>> breakage? I see no documented changes in Promise support there in CVS > >>>> log, but for example, on Apr 10 2008 I see some related changes > >>>> unmentioned in commit message. > >>> The April 9 date is the documented date of last working. It was the > >>> commit on April 10 13:05:05 that broken things: > >>> > >>> "Add experimental support for SATA Port Multipliers > >>> > >>> Support is working on the Silicon Image SiI3124/3132. > >>> Support is working on some AHCI chips but far from all. > >>> > >>> Remember this is WIP, so test reports and (constructive) suggestions are welcome!" > >> You can try to comment out > >> /* set portmultiplier port */ > >> ATA_OUTB(ctlr->r_res2, 0x4e8 + (ch->unit << 8), port & 0x0f); > >> inside ata_promise_mio_command(). Don't know if there is some problem > >> with it, but it was added at that time and looks like it is at least not > >> applicable for this type of controller. > > > > That did it! Thanks! I can now easily post the full verbose dmesg on > > HEAD code if you'd like. > > Apply this patch first. It should be good as far as I can tell without > having that chips datasheets. Works fine. Here is the verbose dmesg now that the machine is fully booting on HEAD. Thanks! http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/fugu_v.dmesg Joe -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkmsnGUACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4eyIwCeNqU9Yj5agWaHIWQ3NhUTVMC2 SD4AoIV4+NDhOB/ZuyQp1wrLIwEcg0QE =obwy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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