FreeBSD-10 microdrive seagate ST1AT 4GB (VIA mbo) problem

[Berislav Purgar]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Berislav Purgar <bpurgar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello ..
>
> I have problem with microdrive and some CF cards on IGEL 3/4 compact thin
> client ( http://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/Igel/3210/index.shtml<http://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/Igel/3210/index.shtml> ).
> Problem is that FreeBSD cannot find microdrive or CF card to mount sytem /
> on (but kernel is found and loaded from microdrive or CF card). I have one
> CF card (sandisk ultra II) which boots but with some timeouts before.
> FreeBSD identifies ide controller as :
> atapci0: <VIA 8237 UDMA133 controller> port
> 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xe800-0xe80f at device 15.0 on pci0
> ata0: <ATA channel> at channel 0 on atapci0
> ata1: <ATA channel> at channel 1 on atapci0
>
> Here are links to pictures of this problem.
>
> (aprobe:ata0:0:0:0): ATA_IDENTIFY. ACB: ec 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00
>
>
> http://s24.postimg.org/al2k6qfzp/WP_20131120_003_1.jpg
> http://s17.postimg.org/wm0s58kzz/WP_20131120_007_1.jpg
> http://s23.postimg.org/5sp2k4trf/WP_20131120_006_1.jpg
>
> i tried same configuration on openbsd5.3 and everething si Ok ..same
> controler on openbsd :
> http://s12.postimg.org/bztc7w1zx/WP_20131120_001_1.jpg
>
>  Any suggestions ?
>
> Tnx
> sorry for my English ..
>


for better debuging i use gateworks GW2345 board and found
some interestingly ... if i destroy all partitions and partitions schemes
on microdrive freebsd founds microdrive at boot and display info for it..

Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
ada0: <ST640211CF 3.07> CFA-0 device
ada0: 16.700MB/s transfers (PIO4, PIO 8192bytes)
ada0: 3906MB (7999488 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 7936C)
ada0: Previously was known as ad0

full dmesg is here :
http://pastebin.com/eWJ4XGyN

but if i create MBR (or GPT) on microdrive and check as before on avila
board i got timeouts and microdrive not found ?!

ata_avila0: <Gateworks Avila IDE/CF Controller> on ixp0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on ata_avila0
led_avila0: <Gateworks Avila Front Panel LED> on ixp0
gpio_avila0: <Gateworks Avila GPIO driver> on ixp0
gpioc0: <GPIO controller> on gpio_avila0
gpiobus0: <GPIO bus> on gpio_avila0
Timecounter "IXP4XX Timer" frequency 66666600 Hz quality 1000
Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
(aprobe0:ata0:0:0:0): ATA_IDENTIFY. ACB: ec 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00
(aprobe0:ata0:0:0:0): CAM status: Command timeout
(aprobe0:ata0:0:0:0): Error 5, Retry was blocked

full dmesg is here :
http://pastebin.com/wPEexXKz


http://pastebin.com/x5MinNQz

why FreeBSD doesn't find microdrive when it has partitions or partition
schemas ?

Beri