[Soekris] Soekris net4526 and miniPCI CF

Tue May 19 12:41:08 UTC 2009

Hi, we are trying to use a Soekris net4526 with a miniPCI to Compact
Flash adapter [1] but we are having two problems.

 The first problem is that the card is not detected in comBIOS so i can
not use boot 81 to boot from the Compact Flash card. To test the card
really works we boot using PXE and it works (boots up).

 The second problem is that once we are booted up into the linux system
the kernel complains about problems with IRQ [2] (not sure if that is
fault of the motherboard or of the adapter or a combination of both) and
when trying to copy things it ends up crashing the kernel. Yes, i've
read the log and tried irqpoll, didn't work either.

Any idea on if/how these things can be fixed?

Thanks,
  Albert

[1]
http://www.globalamericaninc.com/Mini_PCI_Modules-Storage_Controller/c55_429/p1801120/1801120_-_Mini-PCI_Type_IIIB_124-pin_Storage_Interface_Module_Supports_1x_44-pin_EIDE,_2x_SATA-150,_1x_Compact_Flash/product_info.html

[2] 
sata_via 0000:00:11.0: version 2.4                                      

sata_via 0000:00:11.0: routed to hard irq line 11                       

scsi0 : sata_via                                                        

scsi1 : sata_via                                                        

scsi2 : sata_via                                                        

ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 port i16 at 0xe000 bmdma 0xe040 irq 11             

ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 port i16 at 0xe010 bmdma 0xe048 irq 11             

ata3: PATA max UDMA/133 port i16 at 0xe020 bmdma 0xe050 irq 11             

ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)                           

ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)                           

irq 11: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)            

Pid: 787, comm: scsi_eh_2 Not tainted 2.6.29.3 #1                       

Call Trace:                                                             

 [<c0134c16>] __report_bad_irq+0x2e/0x6f                                

 [<c0134d44>] note_interrupt+0xed/0x149                                 

 [<c013537c>] handle_level_irq+0x8d/0xcf                                

 [<c01043d8>] do_IRQ+0x50/0x68                                          

 [<c0103227>] common_interrupt+0x27/0x30                                

 [<c0119484>] ? __do_softirq+0x31/0xbb                                  

 [<c0119533>] do_softirq+0x25/0x2a                                      

 [<c011965e>] irq_exit+0x28/0x5c                                        

 [<c01043dd>] do_IRQ+0x55/0x68                                          

 [<c0103227>] common_interrupt+0x27/0x30                                

 [<c01f007b>] ? cfq_insert_request+0x21b/0x383                          

 [<c0250000>] ? sata_link_init_spd+0xc1/0x185                           

 [<c01f8cbc>] ? iowrite8+0x20/0x30                                      

 [<c025ba7c>] ata_sff_dev_select+0x1c/0x26                              

 [<c025d7a1>] ata_sff_softreset+0x53/0x106                              

 [<c0257447>] ata_do_reset+0x49/0x4f                                    

 [<c025d74e>] ? ata_sff_softreset+0x0/0x106                             

 [<c02587e1>] ata_eh_reset+0x431/0xa10                                  

 [<c025d854>] ? ata_sff_prereset+0x0/0x98                               

 [<c025d74e>] ? ata_sff_softreset+0x0/0x106                             

 [<c0259c9e>] ata_eh_recover+0x270/0xa79                                

 [<c025d74e>] ? ata_sff_softreset+0x0/0x106                             

 [<c025bc7c>] ? ata_sff_postreset+0x0/0x5b                              

 [<c025d74e>] ? ata_sff_softreset+0x0/0x106                             

 [<c025d854>] ? ata_sff_prereset+0x0/0x98                               

 [<c025d74e>] ? ata_sff_softreset+0x0/0x106                             

 [<c025d854>] ? ata_sff_prereset+0x0/0x98                               

 [<c025a62b>] ata_do_eh+0x2b/0x6d                                       

 [<c025bc7c>] ? ata_sff_postreset+0x0/0x5b                              

 [<c025bc72>] ata_sff_error_handler+0x13d/0x147                         

 [<c025bc7c>] ? ata_sff_postreset+0x0/0x5b                              

 [<c025d74e>] ? ata_sff_softreset+0x0/0x106                             

 [<c025ad6c>] ata_scsi_error+0x1fb/0x46b                                

 [<c02456dd>] scsi_error_handler+0x6a/0x298                             

 [<c031e075>] ? schedule+0x290/0x2eb                                    

 [<c011327f>] ? complete+0x2a/0x48                                      

 [<c0245673>] ? scsi_error_handler+0x0/0x298                            

 [<c012472f>] kthread+0x39/0x5e                                         

 [<c01246f6>] ? kthread+0x0/0x5e                                        

 [<c0103397>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10                             

handlers:                                                               

[<c025d04c>] (ata_sff_interrupt+0x0/0x205)                              

Disabling IRQ #11                                                       

ata3.01: ATA-0: CF CARD 4GB, Ver2.19K, max UDMA/100                     

ata3.01: 7880544 sectors, multi 0: LBA
ata3.01: limited to UDMA/33 due to 40-wire cable
ata3.01: configured for UDMA/33
ata3.01: configured for UDMA/33
ata3: EH complete
scsi 2:0:1:0: Direct-Access     ATA      CF CARD 4GB      Ver2 PQ: 0
ANSI: 5
sd 2:0:1:0: [sda] 7880544 512-byte hardware sectors: (4.03 GB/3.75 GiB)
sd 2:0:1:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:1:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:1:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't
support
DPO or FUA
sd 2:0:1:0: [sda] 7880544 512-byte hardware sectors: (4.03 GB/3.75 GiB)
sd 2:0:1:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:1:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:1:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't
support
DPO or FUA
 sda: sda1 sda2
sd 2:0:1:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk