[plug] Intel Motherboard allocates incorrect resouces - (Was: IDE-TAPE)

indy at THE-TECH.MIT.EDU indy at THE-TECH.MIT.EDU
Wed Sep 3 13:54:46 WST 2003


Well one obvious thing to test (sorry if it's already been mentioned)
is to put the CDROM that was taken out back in (instead of the tape drive)
and see how that plays with the 2 HDs...

Not so useful unless you decide to put the time and energy into
sending someone on site.

One more wild hunch... perhaps the Tape Drive is not happy
(or the motherboard not happy with it) when it's a master rather
than a slave? I had an old CDROM once upon a time that just could not be
master of it's channel... Never found out why, but maybe it's a similar 
problem...


Indy


On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:11:54AM +0800, Onno Benschop wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Thanks for the help and suggestions to date regarding my Sony AIT2
> IDE-TAPE drive. After loosing much hair, I'm slowly coming to the
> conclusion that the problem is not related to the drive as such, but
> more likely the motherboard - as I hinted at last night.
> 
> I'm postulating that, with two devices the machine works, but with
> three, it doesn't.
> 
> Now the obvious simple solution is to unplug the second HDD (which is
> currently empty - because it was going to be used as a backup
> concentrator), and see what happens.
> 
> However, that involves sending someone on-site and spending more money
> and time, just for a hunch. Besides, the problem really needs to be
> fixed.
> 
> Looking with google for one of the strings that is coming up:
> 
> 	<http://www.google.com/search?q=00%3A1f.1+IDE+interface%3A+Intel+Corp.%3A+Unknown+device+24cb+(rev+01)>
> 
> The conclusion seems to be that this is because the BIOS is allocating
> resources incorrectly. While I have access to some fingers and (barely-)
> literate PC people who live on-site, I really need some assistance in
> figuring out what to tell them.
> 
> Before I get on the phone and guide someone through the BIOS screens,
> any suggestions anyone would like to make?
> 
> Is there anyone in the room who thinks I'm off on the wrong track - if
> so, what else should (or could) I be looking at?
> 
> Just to summerize so far:
>       * Machine has HDD(pm) and CDROM(sm), all fine.
>       * Machine gets new HDD(ps) and replaces CDROM for AIT2(sm)
>       * BIOS sees all three devices
>       * Linux doesn't see the secondary controller (under either 2.4.18
>         or 2.4.21)
> 
> The dmesg results that seem relevant are below. I can provide a full
> dmesg if required.
>         PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0031, last bus=2
>         PCI: Using configuration type 1
>         PCI: Probing PCI hardware
>         PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 00:1f.1
>         Transparent bridge - Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge
>         PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX [8086/24c0] at 00:1f.0
>         PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:1f.1
>         PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1d.2
>         PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 02:02.0
>         ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
>         ICH4: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:1f.1
>         PCI: Enabling device 00:1f.1 (0005 -> 0007)
>         PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:1f.1
>         PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1d.2
>         PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 02:02.0
>         ICH4: chipset revision 1
>         ICH4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
>             ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
>         hda: MAXTOR 6L040J2, ATA DISK drive
>         hdb: ST380011A, ATA DISK drive
>         blk: queue f88276c0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
>         blk: queue f88277fc, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
>         ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
>         Journalled Block Device driver loaded
>         hda: attached ide-disk driver.
>         hda: host protected area => 1
>         hda: 78177792 sectors (40027 MB) w/1819KiB Cache, CHS=77557/16/63, UDMA(33)
>         hdb: attached ide-disk driver.
>         hdb: host protected area => 1
>         hdb: 156301488 sectors (80026 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=9729/255/63, UDMA(33)
>         Partition check:
>          /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 p4 < p5 p6 p7 >
>          /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: unknown partition table
>         PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 02:02.0
>         PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1d.2
>         PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1f.1
> 
> When the two channels were working the relevant bits looked like this:
>         PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0031, last bus=2
>         PCI: Using configuration type 1
>         PCI: Probing PCI hardware
>         Unknown bridge resource 0: assuming transparent
>         PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX [8086/24c0] at 00:1f.0
>         PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:1f.1
>         PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1d.2
>         PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 02:02.0
>         Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31
>         ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
>         PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device f9, VID=8086, DID=24cb
>         PCI: Device 00:1f.1 not available because of resource collisions
>         PCI_IDE: chipset revision 1
>         PCI_IDE: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later
>             ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
>             ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
>         hda: MAXTOR 6L040J2, ATA DISK drive
>         hdc: GCR-8521B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
>         ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
>         ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
>         hda: 78177792 sectors (40027 MB) w/1819KiB Cache, CHS=77557/16/63
>         Partition check:
>          /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 p4 < p5 p6 p7 >
>         PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 02:02.0
>         PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1d.2
>         PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1f.1
> 
> The diff for this is:
>         4,5c4
>         < PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 00:1f.1
>         < Transparent bridge - Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge
>         ---
>         > Unknown bridge resource 0: assuming transparent
>         9a9
>         > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31
>         11,18c11,16
>         < ICH4: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:1f.1
>         < PCI: Enabling device 00:1f.1 (0005 -> 0007)
>         < PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:1f.1
>         < PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1d.2
>         < PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 02:02.0
>         < ICH4: chipset revision 1
>         < ICH4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
>         <     ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
>         ---
>         > PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device f9, VID=8086, DID=24cb
>         > PCI: Device 00:1f.1 not available because of resource collisions
>         > PCI_IDE: chipset revision 1
>         > PCI_IDE: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later
>         >     ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
>         >     ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
>         20,22c18
>         < hdb: ST380011A, ATA DISK drive
>         < blk: queue f88276c0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
>         < blk: queue f88277fc, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
>         ---
>         > hdc: GCR-8521B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
>         24,30c20,21
>         < Journalled Block Device driver loaded
>         < hda: attached ide-disk driver.
>         < hda: host protected area => 1
>         < hda: 78177792 sectors (40027 MB) w/1819KiB Cache, CHS=77557/16/63, UDMA(33)
>         < hdb: attached ide-disk driver.
>         < hdb: host protected area => 1
>         < hdb: 156301488 sectors (80026 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=9729/255/63, UDMA(33)
>         ---
>         > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
>         > hda: 78177792 sectors (40027 MB) w/1819KiB Cache, CHS=77557/16/63
>         33d23
>         <  /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: unknown partition table
>         onno at latte:~/Desktop/exibit$ diff before.txt after.txt 
>         4c4,5
>         < Unknown bridge resource 0: assuming transparent
>         ---
>         > PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 00:1f.1
>         > Transparent bridge - Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge
>         9d9
>         < Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31
>         11,16c11,18
>         < PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device f9, VID=8086, DID=24cb
>         < PCI: Device 00:1f.1 not available because of resource collisions
>         < PCI_IDE: chipset revision 1
>         < PCI_IDE: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later
>         <     ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
>         <     ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
>         ---
>         > ICH4: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:1f.1
>         > PCI: Enabling device 00:1f.1 (0005 -> 0007)
>         > PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:1f.1
>         > PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1d.2
>         > PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 02:02.0
>         > ICH4: chipset revision 1
>         > ICH4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
>         >     ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
>         18c20,22
>         < hdc: GCR-8521B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
>         ---
>         > hdb: ST380011A, ATA DISK drive
>         > blk: queue f88276c0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
>         > blk: queue f88277fc, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
>         20,21c24,30
>         < ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
>         < hda: 78177792 sectors (40027 MB) w/1819KiB Cache, CHS=77557/16/63
>         ---
>         > Journalled Block Device driver loaded
>         > hda: attached ide-disk driver.
>         > hda: host protected area => 1
>         > hda: 78177792 sectors (40027 MB) w/1819KiB Cache, CHS=77557/16/63, UDMA(33)
>         > hdb: attached ide-disk driver.
>         > hdb: host protected area => 1
>         > hdb: 156301488 sectors (80026 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=9729/255/63, UDMA(33)
>         23a33
>         >  /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: unknown partition table
> 
> Minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this problem as trivial -
> challenge: find those minds and milk them :-)
> 
> So, any takers?
> 
> Onno Benschop 
> 
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