ToDo: backport to v3.4 , v3.3 , v3.2 patches 1b) db63a4c8115a libata 1) cd006086fa5d ata_piix: defer disks to the Hyper-V drivers by default Fw: use hv_storvsc instead of ata_piix for IDE disks ( but not for the CD-ROM)

From: Victor Miasnikov
Date: Tue Jun 05 2012 - 02:50:23 EST


Hi!


use hv_storvsc instead of ata_piix to handle the IDE disks devices ( but not for the CD-ROM)

J.N.> the problem is that ata_piix and hv_storvscboth claim the (virtual) hard disk.

Yes:
{ About bug fixed by patches:

see tranlate from Russian language issue described by Maksim Kramarenko:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-russian/2012/01/msg00324.html

After [VVM: turn On in kernel source] Hyper-V modules [compile and
start use], a hard disk was determined as 2 with the same UUID.

}

J.N.> {
A workaround is to blacklist the ata_piix module. However, that means losing access to CD and DVD drives which are exposed by ata_piix and not hv_storvsc.
}

Yes: work without CD-ROM is not super-fine, {
best backport patches from v3.5 ( de-facto reincarnation _tested_(!) patches from Ubuntu v12.04 and/or OpenSUSE ) :

J.N.> {
The patch works by making ata_piix skip the disk during enumeration if hv_storvsc is enabled as a built-in driver or module.
}

> VVM > > > Hyper-V admins need _worked_ Linux v3.4.X / v3.3.X / v3.2.X

i.e. need backport to all actual version after 3.1

cd006086fa5d ata_piix: defer disks to the Hyper-V drivers by default

and its prerequisite

db63a4c8115a libata: add a host flag to ignore detected ATA devices

}


--- I think this is what Greg was asking for.

I supose . . .

Thanks,
Best regards, Victor Miasnikov
Blog: http://vvm.blog.tut.by/

P.S.

Thanks

No problem :-)

Hoping that clarifies,

Yes: very good description of problem and possible solution
Big thanks!

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Nieder" To: . . . Cc: . . .
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ata_piix: defer disks to the Hyper-V drivers by default

. . .

If I understand correctly, the problem is that ata_piix and hv_storvscboth claim the (virtual) hard disk. That sounds worth fixing. The patch works by making ata_piix skip the disk during enumeration if hv_storvsc is enabled as a built-in driver or module.

A workaround is to blacklist the ata_piix module. However, that means losing access to CD and DVD drives which are exposed by ata_piix and not hv_storvsc.
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