linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.27-rc5 cannot even boot (AMD64, quad-core, AHCI-SATA)

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Message-Id: <200809041051.16831.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:51:16 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Michael Monnerie <michael.monnerie@...it-management.at>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@....com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.27-rc5 cannot even boot (AMD64, quad-core, AHCI-SATA)

On Thursday, 4 of September 2008, Michael Monnerie wrote:
> First: thanks for the nice new features all the time (I hope full XEN 
> support will be in-kernel soon).
> 
> I currently run a 2.6.26.3 kernel which works (on the machine I type 
> this e-mail). I tried 2.6.27-rc4, works too. But -rc5 does not even 
> boot, and I have no idea how to produce a log of what's happening as it 
> doesn't even find the disks.
> 
> As far as I could read on screen, there are some "PCI INT A" not 
> resettable for AHCI-SATA, and all the USB drivers do NOT load as it 
> cannot reset the controller. So even my keyboard does not work, as it's 
> USB.
> 
> The mainboard is an ABIT AX78, with an AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core 
> Processor, 8GB RAM. I attach a bit of hardware info (lspci, lsmod, 
> kernel-config files from 2.6.26.3 and .27-rc5), so maybe somebody finds 
> it useful.
> 
> In case of questions please contact me directly, I am not on this list.

It looks like the issue I was having with -rc5 on my Phenom box and it should
be fixed in the current mainline kernel (-rc5-git5).

Perhaps it's due to the same chipset/BIOS issue.

Thanks,
Rafael
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