Re: IDE device timeout when writing

[Karoly Balogh <charlie%scenergy.dfmk.hu@localhost>]

Hi,

I had this bugreport open for similar issues on my A1200 + some SD2IDE
adapter a while ago:
http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=52415

Sadly, I couldn't use the system in question for a while, so I couldn't
provide feedback, so the issue was closed. Then later I tested my system,
and I found I'm still getting similar errors under NetBSD-9.

There seems to be a generic issue with these CF and SD adapters under
various Amiga Un*xes, for example the current m68k Linux kernel is not
even able to mount a root volume, when it's on a CF or SD card, and I get
these errors under NetBSD, while the setup works perfectly under AmigaOS.
I'm not saying the Linux and the BSD issues are directly related, but it's
certainly suspicious, maybe there is indeed an underlying hardware
incompatiblity, which is just ignored or accidentally worked around by
AmigaOS?

Note that however for example an actual PATA SSD I had seemed to work
well, so it's not directly linked to solid state drives either.

All versions of the C= IDE controllers are affected, Amiga 1200, Amiga
4000, and 4000T. (Although I'm always reluctant to report issues on the
4000T, since mine has a PIO2 hack.)

Best,
--
Charlie

> Hi Carlos,
>
> smartmontools has binary packages. I'd suggest running a smart test
> with that, to rule out actual HDD failure.
>
> Regards,
> Roc
>
>
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 14:26, Carlos Milán Figueredo
> <cmilanf%hispamsx.org@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > Well, I tried minirootfs from NetBSD 2.1, but after loading the kernel I get a init died and the db prompt.
> >
> > I went then to minirootfs from NetBSD 7.2. I do not understand the install procedure, but after booting the kernel it found my install in wdc0 and it began booting my installed userland.
> >
> > It looks like in the very same boot process it had to perform writes and got the same errors as with other kernels. So even going back there I experience the same.
> >
> > I am going back to AmigaOS and prepare some serious stress testing on the hard disk so I can rule out there is a hardware problem and report back.
> >
> > Thanks for the support!
> > Carlos
> >
> > From: David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>
> > Sent: martes, 12 de octubre de 2021 22:15
> > > If it is easy to test (and only if it's easy) it might be nice to
> > > confirm if you can trigger this under earlier versions of NetBSD.
> > > Maybe booing an appropriate miniroot and gzipping/gunzipping.
> >
> > That would be fairly easy as I understand I can xstreamtodev the
> > miniroot to the swap partition and boot from her. However, won't that
> > trigger the install? Is there any way to escape to a shell without
> > following the install script?
>