i have to use irqpoll for system to boot

[nadavkav]

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if i do not use irqpoll, system hangs on boot: unable to find sata hardisk .
(it is on a pci controller card, not on board !)
it is an old PIII 450GHz machine. i am using latest updated version 8.04
kernel 2.6.24.19.21

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:0e.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61)
00:0e.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61)
00:0e.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 63)
00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
00:0f.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04)
00:0f.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
00:10.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. PCI0680 Ultra ATA-133 Host Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

and a snap of a working boot (with irqpoll)
 [ 56.884313] sil680: 133MHz clock.
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 56.884427] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 9 (level, low) -> IRQ 9
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 56.890259] scsi0 : pata_sil680
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 56.895236] scsi1 : pata_sil680
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 56.895487] ata1: PATA max UDMA/133 irq 9
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 56.895560] ata2: PATA max UDMA/133 irq 9
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 57.286783] ata2.01: ATA-7: SAMSUNG SP1634N, UZ100-03, max UDMA/100
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 57.286878] ata2.01: 312581808 sectors, multi 16: LBA48
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 57.298846] ata2.01: configured for UDMA/100
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 57.299480] scsi 1:0:1:0: Direct-Access ATA SAMSUNG SP1634N UZ10 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 57.306432] scsi2 : ata_piix
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 57.310394] scsi3 : ata_piix
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 57.310819] ata3: PATA max UDMA/33 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0x1000 irq 14
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 57.310902] ata4: PATA max UDMA/33 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0x1008 irq 15
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 57.623222] ata4.00: ATAPI: TEAC CD-W552E, 1.05, max UDMA/33
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 57.779152] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/33
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 57.780235] scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM TEAC CD-W552E 1.05 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.146368] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.156219] sd 1:0:1:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB)
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.156381] sd 1:0:1:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.158551] sd 1:0:1:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.158900] sd 1:0:1:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB)
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.159046] sd 1:0:1:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.159255] sd 1:0:1:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.159358] sda: sda1 sda2 <<4>Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.197994] sda5 >
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.198543] sd 1:0:1:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.221941] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 52x/52x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.222034] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.260724] sd 1:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.260906] sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 59.514074] floppy0: no floppy controllers found
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 60.898005] Attempting manual resume
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 61.253156] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Jun 23 12:55:51 family kernel: [ 61.253277] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.

i am unable to send the error report i get when the system can not load since their is no harddisk available to syslog it into :-(

[Connor Imes (ckimes)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this, but unfortunately your problem isn't a bug. Kernel boot options such as "irqpoll" are provided for exactly this purpose. Because your hardware is not what would be considered a typical setup, non-default boot options are sometimes needed.
You can edit /boot/grub/menu.lst so that irqpoll is used automatically (and don't have to add it from GRUB every time). Search for the line that starts with
   # defoptions=
you can add irqpoll here, so maybe it looks like
   # defoptions=quiet splash irqpoll
Save and close, then run
   sudo update-grub
Please feel free to post back if you have any questions or concerns.

[nadavkav (nadavkav)]

i took your advise !

thank you very much :-)