I put this report here because I think that more kernel-developers are
involved here.
[1.] One line summary of the problem:
Illegal IDE probing
[2.] Full description of the problem/report:
I got some problems with a IDE controller since I have installed the
2.2.0pre4 kernel on a 2 your old Pentium 200 system.
First thing I encountered was the problem with recognise the second IDE
controller. I solved the problem with adding "ide1=0x170,0x376,15"
(standard values) as kernel parameter. The kernel recognise the second
controller without any problem after it. I think this is not a proper
solution and might be a kernel problem.
A second problem appeared when I looked very well what appeared on
the screen, while booting the kernel. The 1,6Gb harddisk shows the
illegal size 7680Mb instead of 1536Mb (this values appeared while
booting a 2.0.x kernel).
These things never appeared using the 2.0.x series.
The linux I use is originally based on Slackware 3.4 with some upgrades
to run the 2.2.x kernels.
(Add: I notice now that the cache value reported with the CDROM driver is
very abnormal large, see section 7.5)
[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
IDE probe
[4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):
Linux version 2.2.1 (jottum@willem) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #27 Fri Jan 29
00:27:47 CET 1999
[5.] and [6.] not relevant
[7.] Environment
[7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)
-- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks
-- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
Linux willem 2.2.1 #27 Fri Jan 29 00:27:47 CET 1999 i586 unknown
Kernel modules 2.1.121
Gnu C 2.7.2.3
Binutils linux-2.8.1.0.1
Linux C Library 5.4.46
Dynamic linker ldd (GNU libc) 2.0.6
Linux C++ Library 27.2.8
Linux C++ Library 27.2.8
Procps 1.2.7
Mount 2.8a
Net-tools (1997-05-11)
Kbd 0.94
Sh-utils 1.16
[7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 5
model : 2
model name : Pentium 75 - 200
stepping : 12
cpu MHz : 199.314838
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : yes
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8
bogomips : 79.46
[7.3.] and [7.4.] not relevant
[7.5.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
Some kernel boot-messages from:
2.0.36:
No problems here (I hope)
2.2.1 (without any additional kernel parameters)
ide1 problems + illegal hda size value
2.2.1 (with "ide1=0x170,0x376,15")
solved the ide1 problem, keeping the illegal hda size value
version 2.0.36:
hda: SAMSUNG WNR-31601A (1600MB), 1536MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=780/64/63
hdc: QUANTUM Bigfoot TX8.0AT, 7665MB w/69kB Cache, CHS=15574/16/63
hdc: IRQ probe failed (-12)
hdd: IRQ probe failed (-12)
hdd: IRQ probe failed (-12)
hdd: CS-R38 0, ATAPI CDROM drive
hdd: IRQ probe failed (-12)
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
md driver 0.36.3 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
hdc: [PTBL] [977/255/63] hdc1 hdc2 hdc3
version 2.2.1 without any additional kernel parameters:
VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0x6000-0x6007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0x6008-0x600f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hda: SAMSUNG WNR-31601A (1600MB), ATA DISK drive
hdc: QUANTUM Bigfoot TX8.0AT, ATA DISK drive
hdd: CS-R38 0, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1: UNABLE TO GET IRQ -12
hda: SAMSUNG WNR-31601A (1600MB), 7680MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=3900/64/63
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
version 2.2.1 with "ide1=0x170,0x376,15" (STANDARD VALUES):
VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0x6000-0x6007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0x6008-0x600f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hda: SAMSUNG WNR-31601A (1600MB), ATA DISK drive
hdc: QUANTUM Bigfoot TX8.0AT, ATA DISK drive
hdd: CS-R38 0, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: SAMSUNG WNR-31601A (1600MB), 7680MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=3900/64/63
hdc: QUANTUM Bigfoot TX8.0AT, 7665MB w/69kB Cache, CHS=15574/16/63, (U)DMA
hdd: ATAPI 8X CD-ROM drive, 48317kB Cache
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.52
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
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Willem van Mourik <wvmourik@usa.net>
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