> Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > [Adding linux-ide to CC]
> >
> > On 25/08/07, Bryan Woods <bryan@arbores.ca> wrote:
> >> Hi KML
> >>
> >> I am installing gentoo 2007.0 (kernel 2.6.19) on a dual AMD Opteron server (total of 4 cores). The hard disk is a Stardom 2611-2S-S1 device: actually two 250GB drives in a RAID0 config managed by the device itself - it should appear to the kernel as one SATA drive. If it matters, the underlying HDs are "Seagate Barracuda 7200 10"s. Here's the device:
> >>
> >>
http://www.synetic.net/Synetic-Products/Stardoms/SR-2611-SA/Stardom-2611.htm
> >>
> >> During the install and at different points in the process I get an "HSM violation" and the system becomes unresponsive. It looks like a similar situation to:
> >>
> >>
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/6/195
> >>
> >> Will more recent kernels work with this hardware (should I keep it and try the install again) or should I switch hardware to something more compatible (like an Adaptec card)?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Bryan
> >>
> >> --
> >> console output:
> >>
> >> tag 0 cmd 0x39 Emask 0x2 stat 0x58 err 0x0 (HSM violation)
> >> exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
> >>
> >> --
> >> Output from hdparm -I /dev/sda:
> >>
> >> /dev/sda:
> >>
> >> ATA device, with non-removable media
> >> Model Number: STARDOM V.36.A0B
> >> Serial Number:
> >> Firmware Revision: V.36.A0B
> >> Standards:
> >> Used: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 0
> >>
> >> [snip]
> >>
> >> Commands/features:
> >> Enabled Supported:
> >> * SMART feature set
> >> * Power Management feature set
> >> * Advanced Power Management feature set
> >> * 48-bit Address feature set
> >> * Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
> >> * SATA-I signaling speed (1.5 Gb/s)
> >> * SATA-II signaling speed (3.0 Gb/s)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Parts of dmesg:
> >> libata version 2.00 loaded
> >> sata_nv 0000:00:05.0: version 2.0
> >> ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xD480 ctl 0xD402 bmdma 0xCC00 irq 21
> >> ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xD080 ctl 0xD002 bmdma 0xCC08 irq 21
> >> scsi0 : sata_nv
> >> ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> >> ata1.00: ATA-6, max UDMA/133,976794112 sectors: LBA48
> >> ata1.00: ata1: dev 0 multi count 1
> >> ata1.00: applying bridge limits
> >> ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
>
> Please post full dmesg and full 'hdparm -I' result. Also, if possible,
> please try 2.6.22.5. Even if it doesn't fix the problem, it would
> report error conditions better.
