Re: Kernel 5.15 doesn't detect SATA drive on boot

From: Jeremy Soller
Date: Wed Nov 17 2021 - 11:24:30 EST


We are using 5.15.2 right now on Pop!_OS 21.10 but have not seen SATA issues yet. I'll look into this,
and hope it makes it into a 5.15 release soon!

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Jeremy Soller
System76
Principal Engineer
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On Tue, Nov 16, 2021, at 4:54 PM, Krzysztof Wilczyński wrote:
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> Hi Damien,
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>> > The error in the dmesg output (see [2] where the log file is attached)
>> > looks similar to the problem reported a week or so ago, as per:
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>> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/ee3884db-da17-39e3-4010-bcc8f878e2f6@xxxxxxxxxxx/
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>> Thanks. I searched this thread but could not find it in the archive.
>> Early morning, need more coffee :)
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> No worries! Got you covered!
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> Enjoy!
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>> >
>> > The problematic commits where reverted by Bjorn and the Pull Request that
>> > did it was accepted, as per:
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>> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20211111195040.GA1345641@bhelgaas/
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>> > Thus, this would made its way into 5.16-rc1, I suppose. We might have to
>> > back-port this to the stable and long-term kernels.
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>> Yes, I think the fix needs to go in 5.15, which is latest stable and LTS.
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> On the plus side, not everyone is on 5.15 yet, but those who are using it would
> have some issues. Albeit, with it being an LTS release, the adoption might
> increase rapidly.
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> For instance, I believe that Pop!_OS already ships kernels that are very close
> to the upstream, which would hit their current user base.
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> Krzysztof