x86_64: SATA issue [SOLVED]

Cagnulein · 2009-11-08 11:32:17

Hi guys,
i'm following this page to porting my system to x86_64.

I'm stucking after the first boot with the kernel26 for x86_64: it hangs when it tries to discover the sata hds.

ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
ata3.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x104)

It tries 5 times to initialize and then hangs up.

I've tried to use the livecd (2009.08 64bit) and it works flawless.
Now, the differences between the livecd and my system are:
1) version of the kernel (2.6.30 vs. 2.6.31.6)
2) generation of the kernel (mkinitcpio.conf ??? (on my system i've got the default settings))
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anything else?

If i could use the livecd kernel on my system i guess i could solve it. Of course, i've to understand what are the differences.

Thanks in advance
Roberto

Last edited by Cagnulein (2009-11-08 19:46:32)

Cagnulein · 2009-11-08 17:18:23

same issue with a fresh installation. i've tried to use the 2.6.30 but it hangs to the same point. how can i handle this problem now ? thanks

daneel971 · 2009-11-08 17:37:32

Did you already try pci=nomsi?

Last edited by daneel971 (2009-11-08 17:39:47)

Cagnulein · 2009-11-08 17:41:28

yes, i've already read about that, but doesn't change anything

daneel971 · 2009-11-08 17:48:25

Long shot: check in the bios the settings for your sata controller - if ahci mode is enabled, disable it and if it is disabled try enabling it...
I'm not sure, but I'm afraid this means reinstall from scratch and if you have another installation on that disk, maybe you won't be able to access it anymore.

Cagnulein · 2009-11-08 17:57:45

my motherboard (GigaByte GA-MA69VM-S2) allows me to set these setting for sata controller:
- native ide
- raid
- legacy ide
- sata -> ahci

i've installed arch x86_64 with native ide.
i've tried native ide, legacy ide, sata->ahci with/without pci=nomsi but no one of these combinations works.

i can mount my partition changing this parameter, is it correct for you?

Cagnulein · 2009-11-08 18:31:09

update: i've tried to reinstall arch x86_64 with sata->ahci but nothing changes

fphillips · 2009-11-08 19:12:21

If you have 4GB ram try with less.

This may be your issue (the onboard SATA controller) even though it is from an old kernel. These kind of problems tend to get reintroduced from time to time.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=242969#c5
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=242969#c17

Otherwise, try plugging the drive into another channel.

Edit: Looks like another option is adding mem=3G to kernel parameters.

Last edited by fphillips (2009-11-08 19:18:26)

Cagnulein · 2009-11-08 19:18:58

i could try, but how can you explain the livecd works?

Cagnulein · 2009-11-08 19:32:09

i've found this http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/pag … _12_0.html
it seeems very interesting! i'll update the bios and i'll let you know

Cagnulein · 2009-11-08 19:45:50

solved updating the bios to F9

fphillips · 2009-11-08 20:02:19

The live cd had 2.6.30 kernel, which disabled 64bit DMA on SB600 boards.

Then this patch went in after 2.6.30 was released:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/g … efbb28b561

With the buggy BIOS, your board couldn't do 64bit DMA with a newer kernel (2.6.31.5).
So, Tejun made a patch to revert that patch and keep all SB600 boards doing 32bit DMA:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14275#c2

And Greg KH posted a version for review which should be in 2.6.31.6 on kernel .org in a day or two:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/11/6/388

How's that for an explanation?
Good news is with the new BIOS you won't have the problem again.
The stuff about ram was just a workaround.

Cagnulein · 2009-11-09 08:21:07

Thanks for your explanation, now i feel better
Now i've only to blame to GigaByte engineers about the lack of their changes log

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x86_64: SATA issue [SOLVED]

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