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linux-source-2.6.20 package

sata_via not working anymore - kernel 2.6.20

Bug #80297 reported by luca.mg
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linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.20

Both kernel 2.6.19 (Ubuntu and Fedora) and 2.6.20 (Ubuntu) do not boot: when probing sata hardware the system is unable to correctly identify the hard disks on a system with a PCI Via VT6420 sata raid controller and a couple of Seagate hard disks. Another box with an embedded Via VT8237 sata controller and a single Maxtor HD does not boot with the same malfunction too. Please see http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7641 and/or http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7415 as I could not explain it any better.

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luca.mg (luca-mg) wrote :

I may add that these very same computers where working fine with both Ubuntu kernel 2.6.17 and Fedora 2.6.16.

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luca.mg (luca-mg) wrote :

With the feisty 2.6.2.-rc6 kernel sata via is back to normal! However I downloaded the stable 2.6.20 kernel and compiled it with the feisty 2.6.20-rc6 config file and the resulting kernel would go past the sata via initialization but will stop at the raid initialization stage. Compiled again with no raid support results in a fully booting kernel.

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Ben Collins (ben-collins) wrote :

Thanks for the update.

Changed in linux-source-2.6.20:
importance: Undecided → High
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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luca.mg (luca-mg) wrote :

Ben, thank You for Your attention. Of course there's a typo in my last post: "2.6.2.-rc6" should read "2.6.20-rc6", moreover I'm running 2.6.20-8-generic i686 at the moment and it is fine so far.

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