[elrepo] sata_via

Banu Bhandaru bbhandar at redhat.com
Fri Jul 24 21:50:39 EDT 2020


Hello there,

The sata_via drivers work great. However, we are now runing into a high CPU usage of the Xorg process when doing a hardware cert test. Can you please check the lshw output attached and get us the right driver for VIA VGA monitor. Let me know if you need any additional information.



Regards
BANU BHANDARU
SR. SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
NA CHANNEL & ALLIANCES, GSI
E: BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM <mailto:BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM> M: 214.498.7419 <tel:+12144987419>


TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED.

> On Jul 21, 2020, at 9:17 AM, Banu Bhandaru <bbhandar at redhat.com <mailto:bbhandar at redhat.com>> wrote:
> 
> Akemi
> 
> We tested the install with the new pata+sata driver iso and it seems to lock up the installl process. May be the iso build was not good? Can it be built again please?
> 
> Regards
> BANU BHANDARU
> SR. SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
> NA CHANNEL & ALLIANCES, GSI
> E: BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM <mailto:BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM> M: 214.498.7419 <tel:+12144987419>
> <PastedGraphic-4.png>
> TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED.
> 
>> On Jul 20, 2020, at 2:10 PM, Banu Bhandaru <bbhandar at redhat.com <mailto:bbhandar at redhat.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you very much .
>> 
>> Regards
>> BANU BHANDARU
>> SR. SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
>> NA CHANNEL & ALLIANCES, GSI
>> E: BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM <mailto:BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM> M: 214.498.7419 <tel:+12144987419>
>> <PastedGraphic-4.png>
>> TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED.
>> 
>>> On Jul 20, 2020, at 2:01 PM, Akemi Yagi <toracat at elrepo.org <mailto:toracat at elrepo.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> No need to submit another request. We will add the additional rpm to the existing one.
>>> 
>>> Akemi
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 11:29 AM Banu Bhandaru <bbhandar at redhat.com <mailto:bbhandar at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>> Phil
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Just ran an lshw command found that there are additional drivers used. See highlighted driver and module info below. Should I create another RFE for these or are they included in the sata_via iso we got this morning? 
>>> 
>>> Please advise.
>>> 
>>> ==========
>>> sudo lshw -class disk -class storage
>>>   *-ide:0                   
>>>        description: IDE interface
>>>        product: VT8251 Serial ATA Controller
>>>        vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
>>>        physical id: f
>>>        bus info: pci at 0000:00:0f.0
>>>        logical name: scsi2
>>>        version: 20
>>>        width: 32 bits
>>>        clock: 33MHz
>>>        capabilities: ide pm isa_compat_mode pci_native_mode bus_master cap_list emulated
>>>        configuration: driver=sata_via latency=32
>>>        resources: irq:21 ioport:fc00(size=8) ioport:f800(size=4) ioport:f400(size=8) ioport:f000(size=4) ioport:ec00(size=16) memory:dffff000-dffff3ff
>>>      *-disk
>>>           description: ATA Disk
>>>           product: WD802ABYS-23B7A0
>>>           vendor: Western Digital
>>>           physical id: 0.0.0
>>>           bus info: scsi at 2:0.0.0
>>>           logical name: /dev/sda
>>>           version: 3B04
>>>           serial: WD-WCAT25442500
>>>           size: 74GiB (80GB)
>>>           capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
>>>           configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=90184a25
>>>   *-ide:1
>>>        description: IDE interface
>>>        product: VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE
>>>        vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
>>>        physical id: f.1
>>>        bus info: pci at 0000:00:0f.1
>>>        version: 07
>>>        width: 32 bits
>>>        clock: 33MHz
>>>        capabilities: ide pm isa_compat_mode pci_native_mode bus_master cap_list
>>>        configuration: driver=pata_via latency=32
>>>        resources: irq:20 ioport:e800(size=8) ioport:e400(size=4) ioport:e000(size=8) ioport:dc00(size=4) ioport:d800(size=16)
>>>   *-pnp00:05
>>>        product: PnP device PNP0700
>>>        physical id: 8
>>>        capabilities: pnp
>>> 
>>> Kernel driver in use: sata_via
>>> Kernel modules: sata_via, pata_acpi, ata_generic
>>> ==========
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> BANU BHANDARU
>>> SR. SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
>>> NA CHANNEL & ALLIANCES, GSI
>>> E: BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM <mailto:BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM> M: 214.498.7419 <tel:+12144987419>
>>> <PastedGraphic-4.png>
>>> TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED.
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 20, 2020, at 11:40 AM, Banu Bhandaru <bbhandar at redhat.com <mailto:bbhandar at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you Phil. I will run with this and post back the results. 
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you very much. 
>>>> Banu Bhandaru
>>>> 214 498 7419
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 20, 2020, at 11:25 AM, Phil Perry <phil at elrepo.org <mailto:phil at elrepo.org>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Happy to help.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I see my colleague Akemi has made you a Driver Update Disk which is now available here:
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://elrepo.org/linux/dud/el8/x86_64/dd-sata_via-2.6-1.el8_2.elrepo.iso <https://elrepo.org/linux/dud/el8/x86_64/dd-sata_via-2.6-1.el8_2.elrepo.iso>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please note we use the release tag (el8_2) to indicate the RHEL release that the driver was built against so you will need to use the disk with the corresponding RHEL release installation media. The driver may require an update for future RHEL point releases.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Phil
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 20/07/2020 16:22, Banu Bhandaru wrote:
>>>>>> Thank you very much appreciate the quick turn around time on this.
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> BANU BHANDARU
>>>>>> SR. SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
>>>>>> NA CHANNEL & ALLIANCES, GSI
>>>>>> E:BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM <mailto:E%3ABBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM> <mailto:BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM <mailto:BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM>> M: 214.498.7419 <tel:+12144987419 <tel:+12144987419>>
>>>>>> TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED.
>>>>>>>> On Jul 20, 2020, at 9:01 AM, Phil Perry <phil at elrepo.org <mailto:phil at elrepo.org> <mailto:phil at elrepo.org <mailto:phil at elrepo.org>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Banu,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> We are working on it now - should hopefully have something for you today.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Phil
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 20/07/2020 14:49, Banu Bhandaru wrote:
>>>>>>>> Phil,
>>>>>>>> Thank you for your response. I created an RFE ID#1024(link below). Please review and appreciate if it can be provided soon. Currently, its a blocker. Unable to move forward with RHEL8 install.
>>>>>>>> https://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=1024 <https://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=1024>
>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>> BANU BHANDARU
>>>>>>>> SR. SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
>>>>>>>> NA CHANNEL & ALLIANCES, GSI
>>>>>>>> E:BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM <mailto:E%3ABBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM> <mailto:BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM <mailto:BBHANDAR at REDHAT.COM>> M: 214.498.7419 <tel:+12144987419 <tel:+12144987419>>
>>>>>>>> TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED.
>>>>>>>>> On Jul 20, 2020, at 6:59 AM, Phil Perry <phil at elrepo.org <mailto:phil at elrepo.org> <mailto:phil at elrepo.org <mailto:phil at elrepo.org>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 20/07/2020 10:53, Banu Bhandaru wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hello Everyone
>>>>>>>>>> I’m trying to get sata_via driver included into my latest RHEL8 install on very old hardware. The installer would not identify the drives on the machine as the drivers are on in the base install. Does anyone know which iso in the location https://elrepo.org/linux/dud/el8/x86_64/ <https://elrepo.org/linux/dud/el8/x86_64/> contains the latest sata_via module.
>>>>>>>>>> Please advise.
>>>>>>>>>> Banu Bhandaru
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Hi Banu,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> We currently do not have a sata_via package.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> If you would like to head over to elrepo.org/bugs <http://elrepo.org/bugs> <http://elrepo.org/bugs <http://elrepo.org/bugs>>, register and file an RFE (so we can track the request), we'll have a look if we can put together a driver package and Driver Update Disk for installation for you.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Phil
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