New: Option remap63 for OnTrack diskmanager not work - kernel panic, unable to mount root filesystem

Bug 14708 [email protected] 2 participants 3 messages Dec 1, 2009 libata

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2009-12-01 00:22 UTC #0 lore raw

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14708

Summary: Option remap63 for OnTrack diskmanager not work -
kernel panic, unable to mount root filesystem
Product: IO/Storage
Version: 2.5
Kernel Version: 2.6.31
Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux
Tree: Mainline
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P1
Component: IDE
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Regression: No

2.4.x has recognized OnTrack Diskmanager automaticaly. 2.6.0 - 2.6.21 supports option "hda=remap63". 2.6.31 ignore this option.
2.6.22 - 2.6.30 not testet.

system configuration
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livecd ~ # uname -a
Linux livecd 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 #1 SMP Tue Apr 3 01:19:22 UTC 2007 i586 Pentium 75 - 200 GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
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livecd ~ # fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 100.0 GB, 100030210560 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1         261     2096451    6  FAT16
/dev/hda2             262         759     4000153+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda3             760         761       16033+  83  Linux
/dev/hda4             762       12161    91570500    5  Extended
/dev/hda5             762         824      506016   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda6             825        9579    70324506   83  Linux
/dev/hda7            9580       12161    20739883+   7  HPFS/NTFS

NOTE:
This fdisk output is with hda=remap63
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livecd ~ # cat /mnt/gentoo/etc/lilo.conf
boot = /fs/lwc/bootsect.lin
map = /boot/.map
lba32

# Here you can select the secondary loader to install. A few

# examples is:
#
#    boot-text.b
#    boot-menu.b
#    boot-bmp.b
#
install = /boot/boot-bmp.b   # Note that for lilo-22.5.5 or later you
                              # do not need boot-{text,menu,bmp}.b in
                              # /boot, as they are linked into the lilo
                              # binary.

bitmap=/boot/ccc-logo.bmp
bmp-table=30,4,,,,
bmp-timer=67,5,,,

prompt
timeout=50
vga = 791

image = /boot/bzImage-2.6.31-r3
root = /dev/hda6
append = "hda=remap63 resume=/dev/hda5" #need for ontrack - panic
label = Linux-2.6.31-r3

image = /boot/bzImage-2.6.21-r4
root = /dev/hda6
append = "hda=remap63 resume=/dev/hda5" #need for ontrack
label = Linux-2.6.21-r4

image = /boot/bzImage-2.6.18-r4
root = /dev/hda6
append = "hda=remap63 resume=/dev/hda5" #need for ontrack
label = Linux-2.6.18-r4

image = /boot/bzImage-2.6.15-r1
root = /dev/hda6
append = "hda=remap63 resume=/dev/hda5" #need for ontrack
label = Linux-2.6.15-r1

image = /boot/memtest
label = memtest

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David Miller

2009-12-01 00:28 UTC #1 lore raw

From: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:22:58 GMT

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http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14708
Summary: Option remap63 for OnTrack diskmanager not work -
kernel panic, unable to mount root filesystem

This was intentionally removed see:

commit d708c40da83a86551556999e924e27fdc43dad71

Author: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[email protected]>
Date:   Sat Mar 22 16:40:22 2008 +0100

ide: mark "hdx=remap" and "hdx=remap63" kernel parameters as obsoleted

Mark "hdx=remap" and "hdx=remap63" kernel parameters as obsoleted (they are layering violation and should be dealt with in the same
way as done by libata - device-mapper should be used instead).

Signed-off-by Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[email protected]>