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From: Leigh Anthony <deb@theanthonys.net>
To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Bug#693392: linux-image-3.2.0-3-powerpc64: promise_sata with PDC20376 fails to detect WD 2TB "Green" disks on G5 Mac
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:56:38 +1100
Hi Ben,
Yes the problem is with both - I ran an upgrade last night and the problem still exists - I'm running 3.2.0-4 now.
/var/log/dmesg attached.
Regards,
Leigh
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On 16/11/2012, at 2:42 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-11-16 at 11:56 +1100, Leigh Anthony wrote:
>> Package: src:linux
>> Version: 3.2.23-1
>> Severity: normal
>
> You reported this against linux-image-3.2.0-3-powerpc64, version
> 3.2.23-1 but you were running linux-image-3.2.0-4-powerpc64 (presumably
> version 3.2.32-1). Do they both have this problem?
>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>> *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
>>
>> * What led up to the situation? Installation of PDC20376 sata controller and 2tb WD green disks
>> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>> ineffective)? WD 2TB "GREEN" disks not detected ("assuming NODEV" on the probe). Smaller (160-250G), non-green WD & seagate drives are ok.
>> Disks function ok when attached to sata_svw device (mac internal controller).
> [...]
>> -- Package-specific info:
>> ** Kernel log: boot messages should be attached
> [...]
>
> Please send the boot log (from /var/log/dmesg), which should provide
> some clues as to why this is failing.
>
> Ben.
>
> --
> Ben Hutchings
> Theory and practice are closer in theory than in practice.
> - John Levine, moderator of comp.compilers
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