linux-kernel - Re: FYI: BUG in SATA Promise 300 TX4 (2.6.24

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Message-ID: <4920D07C.40005@kernel.org>
Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:01:32 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Brad Campbell <brad@...p.net.au>
CC:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>, Linda Walsh <lkml@...nx.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Smartmontools Mailing List 
	<smartmontools-support@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: FYI: BUG in SATA Promise 300 TX4 (2.6.24 - 2.6.27-3) w/Linux

Brad Campbell wrote:
>> The hardreset fix was included in 2.6.27.5. I wanted it in 2.6.26-stable
>> too, but that branch seems to have been closed now.
> 
> Is that likely to do anything for the old SATA150-TX4 ?
> I have 2 of them in a machine and I've been dropping drives under write
> load recently but it was a 2.6.27.4 kernel.
> 
> Reboot required to pick up the drives again (unless the kernel panics
> and it reboots itself - which it's been doing also).

Does unloading and reloading sata_promise fix the problem?  If your root
is on promise, you'll need to try this from usb stick or live CD.

-- 
tejun
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