Bug 244341

Summary: pata_via causes FC7 installer to run dog slow
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Vladimir Kotal <vlada>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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screenshot taken during loading of pata_via driver
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screenshot taken when 'Running Anaconda..' message was displayed none

Description Vladimir Kotal 2007-06-15 06:43:03 UTC
Description of problem:
Very slow run of FC7 installer.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
FC7

How reproducible:
insert DVD with FC7 installer, boot from it, try to upgrade.
  
Actual results:
installer just crawls, not runs

Expected results:
installer should run normally

Additional info:
I am trying to upgrade from FC6 to FC7 using DVD install disk. After booting
from the DVD the installer started loading various drivers. Every driver except
pata_via was loaded quickly, for pata_via it took several minutes to load.
On Ctrl+Alt+F4 screen I could see that it is waiting for sdb disk to spin. sdb
works flawlessly in FC6. (it is actually part of RAID1 md)

This is probably related to various pata bugs reported against FC7, such as  242295.

Comment 1 Vladimir Kotal 2007-06-15 06:58:23 UTC
Couple of screenshots.. first was taken during 'Loading sata_via' message was
displayed on 1st console, second when 'Running Anaconda..' message was displayed
on the console.

Comment 2 Vladimir Kotal 2007-06-15 06:59:30 UTC
Created attachment 157063 [details]
screenshot taken during loading of pata_via driver

Comment 3 Vladimir Kotal 2007-06-15 07:00:15 UTC
Created attachment 157064 [details]
screenshot taken when 'Running Anaconda..' message was displayed

Comment 4 Vladimir Kotal 2007-06-15 07:01:48 UTC
Correction: in comment #1 I have meant pata_via, not sata via.

Comment 5 Vladimir Kotal 2007-06-16 18:06:32 UTC
I have just resettled the cables and all seems to be working now. Sorry for
false alarm.