RE: ASUS A8V Deluxe, x86_64

[Fortier,Vincent [Montreal]]

> >> sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
> >>   Vendor: PLEXTOR   Model: DVDR   PX-716A    Rev: 1.09
> >>   Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 05
> > 
> > Above and the detailed log too indicate that everything went smooth 
> > the first time around.  Albert, do you have any ideas?  Could it be 
> > something related to irq-pio?

You cannot image how happy I was :)

 
> I've checked Vincent't dmesg for 2.6.17-rc0 again.
> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5533)
> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=7700&action=view)
> 
> It seems DMA commands are also affected by this problem, not 
> PIO unique.

> After comparing the code of 2.6.17-rc4 and current libata 
> upstream, maybe "flush" is the fix:
> The CDB was sent to the ATAPI device by PIO, but not flushed 
> to device.
> So, the device was busy waiting for the CDB to arrive.
 
> Hi Vincent,
>   Could you please try 2.6.17-rc4, both with and without the 
> attached patch, to see if the flush works. Thanks.

On a pure 2.6.17-rc4 without upstream libata patches I presume?  Sure I will tonight.
I'll forward this patch to my home email address and come back to you.

- vin
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