Cannot install 6.0-RC1 on Promise SX4060 (DANGER WILL ROBINSON)

[Mark Kirkwood]

Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> Hi, I am trying to install 6.0-RC1 on a system with a Promise SX4060 
> (PDC20621) + 4 Maxtor ATA-133 drives (6E040L0). The mobo is a Tyan 
> Thunder LE (S2510).
> 
> The card appears to be detected ok (tho the exact text rushes past 
> before I can read it completely), but the drive probing fails completely:
> 
> ad4 : FAILURE - SET FEATURES TRANSFER MODE timed out.
> ad4 : FAILURE - SET FEATURES RCACHE timed out.
> ad4 : FAILURE - SET FEATURES WCACHE timed out.
> ad4 : FAILURE - SET FEATURES SET_MULTI.
> ad4 : FAILURE - READ timed out (LBA = 80293185)
> ad4 : FAILURE - READ retrying (0 retries left) LBA = 0
> ..
> ad4 : req = 0xc3b78960 SET FEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE semaphore timeout 
> !!DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!
> ..
> ..
> (hand copied as I don't have a serial console)
> 
>

Some more info - running the PCI bus at 33Mhz (default is 66Mhz) makes 
no difference.

By way of a further hardware check, tried out a 3Ware 7506 (destined for 
another machine), and it works perfectly (hmmm - maybe should have 
bought two of those...).

So ... err.. keep those suggestions coming (should I post this to 
-current instead???)

Cheers

Mark