Re: Drives missing at boot

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 07/05/2010 06:56 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>>>> dmesg output preferably with printk timestamp enabled.
>>>
>>> Can you please apply the attached patch, reproduce the problem and
>>> post the kernel log?
>>
>> I'm sorry. What am I patching? I'm not a kernel developer - not even a
>> programmer - so I'll need some help with this. What's the command I
<SNIP>
>
> Hmm...
>
> $ cd /usr/src/linux && patch -p1 < PATCH_FILE
>
> should do it. ÂYou know how to build and install the compiled kernel,
> right?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> tejun
>

OK - thanks. The patch seemed to install correctly. I then did

make clean
make && make modules_install

and then a Gentoo command:

modules-rebuild -X rebuild

to pick up any package modules that need to be rebuild when I use a
new kernel. (X drivers, vmware, etc.)

The kernel boots fine:

mark@c2stable ~ $ uname -a
Linux c2stable 2.6.34-gentoo-r1 #4 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jul 6 10:35:15 PDT
2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 980 @ 3.33GHz GenuineIntel
GNU/Linux
mark@c2stable ~ $

I don't know what I'm looking for in the dmesg files but I do see one
message about a SATA Link being down.

Files attached.

Cheers,
Mark

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