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John Cianfarani

2006-Mar-03 02:48 UTC

[Xen-users] Xen and Promise SATA

Hey all,

 

I''ve been trying for several days to get my Promise TX4 SATA controller
to work properly under xen but I''m running into some road blocks.

I''m running centos 4.2, and have been successful getting it work
without
issue under a 2.6.9-22.0.2 kernel with the promise gpl''ed driver code.

The main drive is IDE so I have no issues booting the other SATA drives
will make a raid 5 mount for my domU''s.

When I try to recompile the driver for the xen kernel it compiles
without errors but when I try to "modprobe ulsata2" the system detects
the Promise card and the 3 drives but then gives failed and read message
and reboots citing a kernel bug. (see log below)

 

Supposedly this card is supported under the sata_promise module but I
have tried several times without success. 

 

Any help is appreciated

John

 

 

Crash after a modprobe ulsata2

-----------------------------------------------

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel: PROMISE SATA-II 150/300 Series Linux
Driver v1.01.0.20

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:09.0[A]
-> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel: ulsata2:[info] Drive 1/0:
ST3250823AS            488397167s 250059MB  UDMA6

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel: ulsata2:[info] Drive 3/0:
ST3250823AS            488397167s 250059MB  UDMA6

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel: ulsata2:[info] Drive 7/0:
ST3250823AS            488397167s 250059MB  UDMA6

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel: scsi0 : ulsata2

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel:   Vendor:           Model:
ST3250823AS       Rev:     

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel:   Vendor:           Model:
ST3250823AS       Rev:     

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel:   Vendor:           Model:
ST3250823AS       Rev:     

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine scsi.agent[4212]: disk at
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:09.0/host0/target0:0:2/0:0:2:0

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel: SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte
hdwr sectors (250059 MB)

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine scsi.agent[4205]: disk at
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:09.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write
through

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel: SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte
hdwr sectors (250059 MB)

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write
through

Mar  2 20:35:04 xen-machine scsi.agent[4223]: disk at
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:09.0/host0/target0:0:6/0:0:6:0

Mar  2 20:35:23 xen-machine kernel:  sda:<4>ulsata2:[warning] disk1 ATA
timeoutat LBA 0x0 

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: ulsata2:[info] scsi eh abort -
running FAILED

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: ulsata2:[warning] scsi eh reset
disk1 OK

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: ulsata2:[warning] submit channel 0
busy

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code
0x50000

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda,
sector 0

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda,
logical block 0

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: ulsata2:[warning] submit channel 0
busy

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: SCSI error : <0 0 0 0> return code
0x50000

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda,
sector 0

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda,
logical block 0

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel:  unable to read partition table

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0,
channel 0, id 0, lun 0

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: kernel BUG at
include/asm/dma-mapping.h:44!

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: invalid operand: 0000 [#1]

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: Modules linked in: sd_mod ulsata2
scsi_mod vmnet vmmon video thermal processor fan button battery 

ac intel_agp agpgart

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: CPU:    0

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: EIP:    0061:[<f49d612c>]
Tainted: P      VLI

Mar  2 20:35:41 xen-machine kernel: EFLAGS: 00010046   (2.6.12.6-xen0)

-----------------------------------

 

 

 

 

2.6.9-22.0.2 Working Kernel

-----------------------------------

Extract from an lsmod

 

ulsata2               120060  3 

scsi_mod              117260  2 sd_mod,ulsata2

 

After a modprobe ulsata2

-----------------------------------

 

 

Mar  2 20:57:45 xen-machine kernel: PROMISE SATA-II 150/300 Series Linux
Driver v1.01.0.20

Mar  2 20:57:45 xen-machine kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:09.0[A]
-> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 217

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel: ulsata2:[info] Drive 1/0:
ST3250823AS            488397167s 250059MB  UDMA6

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel: ulsata2:[info] Drive 3/0:
ST3250823AS            488397167s 250059MB  UDMA6

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel: ulsata2:[info] Drive 7/0:
ST3250823AS            488397167s 250059MB  UDMA6

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel: scsi0 : ulsata2

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel:   Vendor:           Model:
ST3250823AS       Rev:     

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel:   Vendor:           Model:
ST3250823AS       Rev:     

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel:   Vendor:           Model:
ST3250823AS       Rev:     

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine scsi.agent[3090]: disk at
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:09.0/host0/target0:0:6/0:0:6:0

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine scsi.agent[3063]: disk at
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:09.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel: SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte
hdwr sectors (250059 MB)

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write
through

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel:  sda: sda1

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0,
channel 0, id 0, lun 0

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel: SCSI device sdb: 488397168 512-byte
hdwr sectors (250059 MB)

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel: SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write
through

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel:  sdb: sdb1

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel: Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi0,
channel 0, id 2, lun 0

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel: SCSI device sdc: 488397168 512-byte
hdwr sectors (250059 MB)

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel: SCSI device sdc: drive cache: write
through

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel:  sdc: sdc1

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine kernel: Attached scsi disk sdc at scsi0,
channel 0, id 6, lun 0

Mar  2 20:57:47 xen-machine scsi.agent[3078]: disk at
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:09.0/host0/target0:0:2/0:0:2:0

 

 



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John Cianfarani

2006-Mar-03 13:45 UTC

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RE: [Xen-users] Xen and Promise SATA

When I recompile the Xen kernel I use make ARCH=xen menuconfig and then
make KERNELS="linux-2.6-xen0 linux-2.6-xenU" kernels to recompile.  I
then link the xen0 kernel to /usr/src/linux (as that is where the
manufacturers make looks.

After rebooting into the xen0 kernel I run just a ''make'' on
Promises
drivers and copy the ulsata2.ko into the
/lib/modules/2.6.12-xen0/kernel/drivers/scsi and run a depmod -a on
2.6.12-xen0

This is how promises readme says to do it.
Should I be trying to compile their drivers with ''make
ARCH=xen''?

Thanks
John

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Brackley
[mailto:greg.brackley-sender-88fc1f@lucidsolutions.co.nz] 
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 5:54 AM
To: John Cianfarani
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen and Promise SATA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: John Cianfarani> When I try to recompile the driver for the xen kernel it compiles
without > errors
Don''t know what command line you are using (and I have never compiled
this 
driver), but are you including "ARCH=xen". 



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John Cianfarani

2006-Mar-04 22:37 UTC

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RE: [Xen-users] Xen and Promise SATA

I recompiled with ARCH=xen recommended and that corrected the problem.
Thanks Greg!

John

-----Original Message-----
From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of John
Cianfarani
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 8:46 AM
To: Greg Brackley; xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Xen and Promise SATA

When I recompile the Xen kernel I use make ARCH=xen menuconfig and then
make KERNELS="linux-2.6-xen0 linux-2.6-xenU" kernels to recompile.  I
then link the xen0 kernel to /usr/src/linux (as that is where the
manufacturers make looks.

After rebooting into the xen0 kernel I run just a ''make'' on
Promises
drivers and copy the ulsata2.ko into the
/lib/modules/2.6.12-xen0/kernel/drivers/scsi and run a depmod -a on
2.6.12-xen0

This is how promises readme says to do it.
Should I be trying to compile their drivers with ''make
ARCH=xen''?

Thanks
John

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Brackley
[mailto:greg.brackley-sender-88fc1f@lucidsolutions.co.nz] 
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 5:54 AM
To: John Cianfarani
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen and Promise SATA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: John Cianfarani> When I try to recompile the driver for the xen kernel it compiles
without > errors
Don''t know what command line you are using (and I have never compiled
this 
driver), but are you including "ARCH=xen". 



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