On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 08:52:09AM -0700, Jeff Borlin wrote:

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I have taken over this effort to get Compact Flash working on the 8349mITX
board and am running into these same issues.  I can get uBoot to list the
contents of a CF card,

U-Boot doesn't use interrupts.

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but am running into a couple problems through the
kernel.  There appears to be an IRQ problem and a general communication
problem with the CF card, possibly related.  Note that I am very new to
Linux so please don't assume obvious things are correct

I am using the latest from /linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc.git, and created
my dtb from:  arch/powerpc/dts/mpc8349emitx.dts.  

Any ideas on what I could try or look into next with either issue?  

boot info:  
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This happens just before the PATA information is printed. I'm not
libata expert; and from the brief look I don't see where libata
clears any pending "unexpected" irqs. Just a guesswork,
could you try this patch?

diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c b/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c
index 8f65ad6..3b7c79d 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_host.h>
 #include <linux/ata.h>
 #include <linux/libata.h>

@@ -171,6 +172,8 @@ int __devinit __pata_platform_probe(struct device *dev,
 
 	pata_platform_setup_port(&ap->ioaddr, ioport_shift);
 
+	ioread8(ap->ioaddr.status_addr);
+
 	ata_port_desc(ap, "%s cmd 0x%llx ctl 0x%llx", mmio ? "mmio" : "ioport",
 		      (unsigned long long)io_res->start,
 		      (unsigned long long)ctl_res->start);

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irq 23: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
Call Trace:
[cec29a30] [c00089a4] 0xc00089a4 (unreliable)
[cec29a60] [c00467d8] 0xc00467d8
[...]
Disabling IRQ #23
scsi4 : pata_platform
ata5: PATA max PIO6 mmio cmd 0xf0000000 ctl 0xf000020c irq 23
ata5.00: CFA: SanDisk SDCFJ-512, HDX 3.13, max MWDMA2
ata5.00: 1000944 sectors, multi 0: LBA
ata5.00: configured for PIO

Can you check if the CF will work w/o IRQs? To try it:

1. open the arch/powerpc/dts/mpc8349emitx.dts file, find the pata node:

                pata@3,0 {
                        compatible = "fsl,mpc8349emitx-pata", "ata-generic";
                        reg = <0x3 0x0 0x10 0x3 0x20c 0x4>;
                        reg-shift = <1>;
                        pio-mode = <6>;
                        interrupts = <23 0x8>;
                        interrupt-parent = <&ipic>;
                };

2. delete interrupts = <>; and interrupt-parent = <>; lines.

3. recompile the dts to dtb.

4. Apply this patch to the kernel http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/6/176

5. And try to boot the patched kernel using the re-compiled dtb file.

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scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      SanDisk SDCFJ-51 HDX  PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] 1000944 512-byte hardware sectors (512 MB)
sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't
support DPO or FUA
sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] 1000944 512-byte hardware sectors (512 MB)
sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't
support DPO or FUA
 sda:<3>ata5.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
ata5.00: cmd 20/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 pio 4096 in
         res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
ata5.00: status: { DRDY }
ata5: soft resetting link
ata5.00: configured for PIO
ata5: EH complete
ata5.00: limiting speed to UDMA7:PIO5
ata5.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
ata5.00: cmd 20/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 pio 4096 in
         res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
ata5.00: status: { DRDY }
ata5: soft resetting link
ata5.00: configured for PIO
ata5: EH complete
ata5.00: limiting speed to PIO0
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Thanks,