2531 – Promise UltaTX2 / kernel issues

Bug 2531 - Promise UltaTX2 / kernel issues

Summary: Promise UltaTX2 / kernel issues

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Brandon Low (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-05-07 10:56 UTC by Matthew Daubenspeck
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Kernel config file taken from mjc sources (.config,22.80 KB, text/plain) 2002-09-06 20:00 UTC, Patrick Naubert	Details
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Description Matthew Daubenspeck 2002-05-07 10:56:10 UTC

I have my promise ATA100 Ultra TX2 drive controller working perfectly using the
old linux-2.4.19-r1 sources. I decided to try and use the new gentoo-2.4.19-r1
sources, but I cannot seem to get the promise card working. During bootup, it
trys to set hde to ata33, and claims the device is busy. There is then "multiple
I/O failures" and the system locks.

I have used the old .config file and double checked the settings. Any boot
attemp with the new kernel will not allow the system to boot. If I reboot from
the install CD and revert to the old kernel, it works perfectly.

Comment 1 Matthew Daubenspeck 2002-05-07 22:39:23 UTC

The actual error I get during the boot is:

PDC20268: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 40
PCI: Could not assign IRQ 17 to device 00:08.0

The boot then stops and will not display the drives attached to the card...

Comment 2 Matthew Daubenspeck 2002-05-13 18:23:34 UTC

I just tried the same setup with the gentoo-r5 sources, and I had the exact same
results.

Comment 3 Matthew Daubenspeck 2002-06-05 17:27:59 UTC

gentoo-r7 has the same problem...

Comment 4 Michael Cohen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-06-25 17:12:01 UTC

Try mjc-sources, and send a report to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Linux kernel
mailinglist) =) .

Comment 5 Matthew Daubenspeck 2002-06-26 19:35:21 UTC

I just tried it and it works perfectly...

Comment 6 Michael Cohen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-07-16 22:08:17 UTC

Wham =)

Comment 7 Matthew Daubenspeck 2002-07-17 06:45:26 UTC

What do you mean wham? Is there any plans to make the gentoo sources work with
this card? I have seen in the forums and on the user-mail lists that this is a
very widespread problem...

Comment 8 Brandon Low (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-09-06 17:36:44 UTC

Can you test this with the new gentoo-sources-2.4.19-r9 and let me know if it is
working yet?  Hopefully gento-sources-2.4.20 (r9) will have some major IDE
updates, but I need to know what is working now and what isn't, thanks.

Comment 9 Patrick Naubert 2002-09-06 20:00:39 UTC

Created attachment 3716 [details]
Kernel config file taken from mjc sources

Comment 10 Patrick Naubert 2002-09-06 20:01:49 UTC

The previous attachment is a kernel config file that will bug out when "make
bzImage" is run.

In file included from ksyms.c:17:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r9/include/linux/kernel_stat.h: In function
`kstat_irqs':
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r9/include/linux/kernel_stat.h:46: `smp_num_cpus'
undeclared (first use in this function)
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r9/include/linux/kernel_stat.h:46: (Each undeclared
identifier is reported only once
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r9/include/linux/kernel_stat.h:46: for each
function it appears in.)
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r9/include/linux/interrupt.h:45,
                 from ksyms.c:21:
/

Comment 11 Matthew Daubenspeck 2002-09-14 10:31:52 UTC

Wonderful! The new r9 sources work perfectly with the promise card!