Re: 2.6.25-git1/2 not seeing /dev/sda1 (XFS root) or /dev/sda2(swap) partitions on a SATA drive

[Alexey Dobriyan]

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 02:27:58AM +0100, Sid Boyce wrote:
> 2.6.25 x86_64 boots fine as does -git1/2 boxes using reiserfs and ext3. 
> With xfs it can't find these and drops into a shell.
> /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCAS85018679-part2 swap        
>       swap       defaults              0 0
> /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD5000AAKS-_WD-WCAS85018679-part1 /           
>    xfs        defaults              1 1
>
> From my .config
> CONFIG_XFS_FS=m
> CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA=y
> CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL=y
> CONFIG_XFS_RT=y
>
> The other boxes are configure pretty much the same, but I can diff the 
> .config's if required.
> # l /lib/modules/2.6.25-git2-smp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sil.ko
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 272240 2008-04-19 21:54 
> /lib/modules/2.6.25-git2-smp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sil.ko
>
> 00:0c.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1)
> 00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
> 00:0d.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
> 00:0d.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
> 03:00.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA 
> Raid II Controller (rev 01)
>
> From working 2.6.25
> # lsmod|grep sata
> sata_nv                36872  2
> sata_sil24             26692  0
> libata                173664  3 pata_amd,sata_nv,sata_sil24

Double check that you've enabled CONFIG_ATA_SFF and then check you
previous CONFIG_SATA_* options.

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