Date:	Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:08:17 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Evan Harris <eharris@...emagic.com>
To:	Milan Kupcevic <milan@...sics.harvard.edu>
cc:	Fabian Knittel <fabian.knittel@...na.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal@...l.emu.id.au>,
	Stan Seibert <volsung@...lsnare.net>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	Christiaan den Besten <chris@...rpion.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sata_promise: Port enumeration order - SATA 150 TX4,
 SATA 300 TX4


I have a card that mirrors this one from your list:

Retail name: SATA300 TX4
Chip label: PDC40718-GP  SATAII300
Vendor-Device number: 105a:3d17 (rev 02)

Through testing, I've found linux 2.6.16 and 2.6.17 find the ports in this 
order (the list is ordered by linux detection):

1. silkscreen port 3
2. silkscreen port 2
3. silkscreen port 4
4. silkscreen port 1

Evan

On Tue, 30 May 2006, Milan Kupcevic wrote:

>
> Fabian Knittel wrote:
>
>> In other words: The boards appear to be wired correctly (or maybe just
>> uniformly the wrong way) and the bios, the windows driver and the closed
>> source promise driver (reportedly) know how to handle it.
>> 
>> We have a SATA 150 TX4 board with the same behaviour and would love to
>> see this annoying little bug fixed in linux. :)
>> 
>>  Fabian
>> 
>> Christiaan den Besten wrote:
>> 
>>> We have several of these boards in use [SATA 300 TX4] (bought over time
>>> .. not in one batch). All of them have the ordering as described below.
>>> So another vote for "Please fix!" :)
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Milan Kupcevic wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> From: Milan Kupcevic <milan@...sics.harvard.edu>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Fix Promise SATAII 150 TX4 (PDC40518) and Promise SATA 300 TX4
>>>>> (PDC40718-GP) wrong port enumeration order that makes it (nearly)
>>>>> impossible to deal with boot problems using two or more drives.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Milan Kupcevic <milan@...sics.harvard.edu>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> 
>>>>> The current kernel driver assumes:
>>>>> 
>>>>> port 1 - scsi3
>>>>> port 2 - scsi1
>>>>> port 3 - scsi0
>>>>> port 4 - scsi2
>>>>> 
>>>> I totally agree with the fact that the Linux driver gets the ports wrong
>>>> when compared to the BIOS, Windows and surely contradicts the port
>>>> numbers printed on the board. I doubt we all got samples on the one
>>>> bad batch...
>>>> 
>>>> It *is* a real problem and if the solution is correct then I support it.
>>>> 
>>>> Maybe we need a quick feedback from current users: do you guys find
>>>> that the ports are detected as they are labelled (white silk screen)
>>>> on the board or do they show up out of order (as listed above by
>>>> Milan)?
>>>> 
>
> This is a list of Promise SATA TX4 and FastTrak TX4xxx controllers, I have in 
> my lab, affected with the "wiring" bug:
>
> Retail name: SATAII150 TX4
> Chip label: PDC40518  SATAII150
> Vendor-Device number: 105a:3d18 (rev 02)
> Wiring: NEW
>
> Retail name: FastTrak TX4200
> Chip label: PDC40519  RAID  SATAII150
> Vendor-Device number: 105a:3519
> Wiring: NEW
>
> Retail name: SATA300 TX4
> Chip label: PDC40718-GP  SATAII300
> Vendor-Device number: 105a:3d17 (rev 02)
> Wiring: NEW
>
>
> This is the only one Promise TX4 controller, I have in my lab, that is 
> working properly regarding the "wiring" bug with the current kernel driver:
>
> Retail name: FastTrak S150 TX4
> Chip label: PDC20319 RAID SATA 150
> Vendor-Device number: 105a:3319 (rev 02)
> Wiring: OLD
>
>
> This is a list of Promise SATA TX2 and FastTrak TX2xxx controllers, I have in 
> my lab, that are working correctly regarding the "wiring" bug with the 
> current kernel driver:
>
> Retail name: FastTrak S150 TX2plus
> Chip label: PDC20371  SATA 150
> Vendor-Device number: 105a:3371 (rev 02)
>
> Retail name: SATA150 TX2plus
> Chip label: PDC20375  SATA 150
> Vendor-Device number: 105a:3375 (rev 02)
>
> Retail name: FastTrak TX2200
> Chip label: PDC20571  SATAII150
> Vendor-Device number: 105a:3571 (rev 02)
>
>
> It seems the problem exists on all newer Promise SATA TX4 and FastTrak TX4xxx 
> controllers, so I refer to them as the "new wiring" Promise SATA controllers. 
> All the Promise SATA TX2 and FastTrak TX2xxx I have in my lab are working 
> correctly with the current kernel driver, so it seems this "wiring" problem 
> does not affect the TX2(xxx) controllers; only SATA TX4 and FastTrak TX4xxx 
> are affected.
>
> For driver to be able to distinguish the "new wiring" and the "old wiring" 
> Promise TX4(xxx) controllers we need a feedback from the users that are aware 
> of this problem.
>
> Q. How to know if a controller has the "new wiring"? A. You need to be able 
> to boot your testing machine using a hard drive not attached to the 
> controller you are going to test.  Connect 4 different size/brand/model SATA 
> hard drives to the testing controller so you can see the particular order 
> they are recognized by the BIOS and by the kernel (not patched for the "new 
> wiring").   Boot the machine and look for the BIOS recognized hard drive 
> order.  The BIOS recognized hard drive order always matches the order the 
> hard drives are connected to, with respect to port number labels.  If you are 
> testing FastTrak TX series controller you may need to press Ctrl-F (or 
> Ctrl-A) to get into controllers' BIOS and then press "2" to see the BIOS 
> recognized order.  Plain SATA models do not have controller specific BIOS and 
> they will report the BIOS recognized order without user intervention.  You 
> may want to press the "Pause" key on your keyboard to have enough time to 
> read the text on the screen.  If you are arguing with your machine using a 
> serial terminal, there is a Hold Screen button somewhere on the terminal 
> keyboard.   When the machine boots up, type "cat /proc/scsi/scsi", it will 
> show up the order hard drives are recognized by the kernel.  Make sure the 
> kernel you are using is NOT patched for the "new wiring" bug.  If you have 
> the "new wiring" case, the order will be 3-2-4-1; that means, the drive 
> connected to the "port 3" and recognized as the third drive connected to the 
> controller by the BIOS, will be seen by the kernel as first hard drive 
> connected to this controller.  The second drive is always at second place, 
> the fourth one goes at third place and the first one goes at fourth place.
>
>
> Please respond with this data:
>
> - Your Promise SATA controller retail name
> - Chip label (PDCxxxxx)
> - PCI vendor and device code as you can get with "lspci -n"
> - Say if the controler has the new or the old wiring
>
> Your feedback will be appreciated.
>
>
> NOTE: the patch I have submitted ( 
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-ide&m=114082978311290&w=2 ) is a 
> solution that doesn't know about the older Promise SATA controllers, which 
> are not affected with the "new wiring" problem, so the older controllers will 
> appear screwed if you use it.
>
> Hopefully we will collect enough info about all the SATA Promise controllers 
> to distinguish the new and the old wiring controllers, then produce a new 
> patch that will be a correct solution to the "new wiring" problem.
>
>
> The best to all,
>
> Milan
>
> -- 
> Milan Kupcevic
> System Administrator
> Harvard University
> Department of Physics
>
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