init partition table problem in fileio example

[Yan Luo]

Hello,

I still  have problem initializing partition of /dev/hda using fileio  
example. I got stuck when I chose to init partition table. I gave the  
name of the device "/dev/hda", but the rtem_ide_part_table_initialize 
() never returned. I tried with '/dev/ide', it returned 25.

I am using rtems-4.6.5, rtems-gcc 3.2.3, i386 target, bsp pc386. I  
tried rtems-4.6.99, different bsp, a Pentium based laptop (Compaq  
Armada 7730MT), a Pentium based desktop,  Exact same thing happened.   
I double checked fileio Makefile, which has Managers=all. The hard  
disks are in primary master IDE.

After tracing the rtems source code, I found the partition table  
initialization hangs at line 1231 of cpukit/libblock/src/bdbuf.c

_CORE_mutex_Seize(&bd_buf->transfer_sema, 0, TRUE,
                               WATCHDOG_NO_TIMEOUT, level);

Do it seems that my rtems mutex is not initialized properly? How can  
I fix this problem? Or what other reason could cause this problem? I  
run out of ideas.

I truly appreciate your kind help.

Thanks,
Yan
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> On Mar 16, 2006, at 3:18 AM, Thomas Doerfler wrote:
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>> Yan,
>>
>> agreed, you should have an IDE interface in such a machine. You  
>> might verify it in your BIOS page. And I got no idea, what might  
>> go wrong with your interface, sorry.
>> Yan Luo wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hm, this sounds, as if reading of the partition table hangs.  
>>>> What kind
>>>> of interface do you have to connect your harddisk? RTEMS  
>>>> currently  only
>>>> supports a standard IDE interface (no SCSI, no SATA...). And it   
>>>> asumes,
>>>> that the harddisk is connected as Master to the primary IDE   
>>>> interface. I
>>>> should have mentioned this before :-(
>>> I am using a pretty old laptop (Compaq, Pentium, no CDROM). I  
>>> believe  the hard drive is standard IDE based and on primary  
>>> master because it  is "hda" in Debian linux. It would have other  
>>> device names if it were  SCSI or other, right?
>>> I am wondering if "grub" (the boot loader) caused the problems.  
>>> Both  Matteo and I use grub. Will grub affect the partition table  
>>> and  mounting? Could you tell us the test environment that you  
>>> run fileio  on before, if you don't use grub or lilo?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Yan
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