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

[John-Mark Gurney]

Berislav Purgar wrote this message on Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 21:04 +0100:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> > Well, if the disk itself is throwing errors that early in boot, you've
> > got a much bigger problem.
> >
> > Sometimes these things do things with partition schemes and
> > filesystems behind the scenes. Maybe the CF microcontroller in the
> > card is confused?
> >
> >
> >
> > -adrian
> >
> >
> > On 21 November 2013 10:28, Berislav Purgar <bpurgar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Berislav Purgar <bpurgar at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 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
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > nobody ?
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> 
> 
> but i try openbsd and everything is OK . tomorow i plain to test linux just
> to confirm these. i found same problems reported a few years ago that had
> users on pfSense and FreeBSD with the microdrive but no solution .. so i
> think that this problem is still here..
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2009-April/005835.html
>  ..
> http://marc.info/?l=pfsense-support&m=120665192812939

Have you made sure that the partitions you create are zero'd, or have a
valid FS on them?  The firmware could be trying to parse the partitions
for FS's (flash cards are known to do this w/ FAT) but the firmware is
getting confused by the FS and getting lost in the weeds...

It could be that OpenBSD has a longer timeout period than FreeBSD...

How long are you seeing it wait before you see the messages?  Do you
have any custom kernel options, like HZ set?

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