IDE drive on jmicron controller or generic driver problem

Clyde E. Kunkel clydekunkel7734 at cox.net
Sat May 24 15:46:42 UTC 2008


Alan Cox wrote:
> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 02:33:04PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
>>  > Check the kernel builders didn't turn on PCIE ASPM. That breaks the Jmicron
>>  > totally in the current kernels.
>>
>> Which is really puzzling, as Clyde mentioned in bz that it worked for him
>> in a recent rawhide kernel, and we've had PCIEASPM switched on since February.
> 
> PCIE ASPM didn't use to break Jmicron, but it does at the moment (and it 
> apparently won't by 2.6.26 final). I don't know the details but as I understand
> it the Jmicron reports itself in odd ways that broke the experimental ASPM
> code.
> 

Just finished building 2.6.26-0.25.rc3.git4.fc10.i686 **without** 
PCIEASPM and it works nicely as expected.

Hopefully, we can get this turned off in future kernels, or a switch 
hacked in, until fixed.

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Old Fart




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