Description of problem: RHEL5.5 will fail to boot up on Cobia if IDE controller is enabled in BIOS and plug in a SATA HDD on port 5. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable IDE controller in BIOS on Cobia 2. Plug-in a SATA HDD on SATA port 5 3. Boot RHEL5.5 Actual results: Hang Expected results: Additional info: This is a IDE driver issue. The autotune operation cause the hang and this is not necessary on Hudson southbridge.
Created attachment 434316 [details] bug_fix_patch The patch disable autotune operation on Hudson chipset.
Thanks Harry. Patch sent for internal review. P.
Created attachment 435586 [details] RHEL6 fix for this issue
(In reply to comment #3) > Created an attachment (id=435586) [details] > RHEL6 fix for this issue Oops ... should be "RHEL5" fix for this issue. P.
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in kernel-2.6.18-211.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/jwilson/el5 Detailed testing feedback is always welcomed.
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Verified ok with kernel-2.6.18-231.el5.x86_64.rpm, thanks
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html