hdd problems with 3.10

[driftwood66]

I have just upgraded to newest cfw, and I would say that the internal hdd is only recognised about half the time the humax boots up. If I turn it off then on again, then it usually seems to pick it up the second time. It is the original hdd that came with the humax. I also have a Samsung M3 1 tb usb hdd attached which worked fine with the previous cfw, however whilst it does mount the hdd, it does not recognise any of the files that I copied across to it before the update. Any thoughts gratefully received.

 

[driftwood66]

Just me, I guess. Gone back to 3.03 and both problems resolved.

 

[af123]

Sorry, didn't spot this when you first posted it.

Yes, I think it's just you so far!

If you have time, it would be good if you could try the debug version, 3.10d, and post the output of the 'dmesg' command after a working boot and a failed one, and also after plugging in the external drive. That may show what's wrong so I can improve it for future versions.

Going back to 3.03 is valid option (I have no plans to discontinue that yet) but if you don't need any of the kernel customisations you could also use 3.10k which includes the standard Humax kernel.

 

[driftwood66]

Sorry, didn't spot this when you first posted it.

Yes, I think it's just you so far!

If you have time, it would be good if you could try the debug version, 3.10d, and post the output of the 'dmesg' command after a working boot and a failed one, and also after plugging in the external drive. That may show what's wrong so I can improve it for future versions.

Going back to 3.03 is valid option (I have no plans to discontinue that yet) but if you don't need any of the kernel customisations you could also use 3.10k which includes the standard Humax kernel.

Many thanks for this- I have some time over the weekend, so I'll try the debug version, and post the output.

 

[driftwood66]

Strange: I installed 3.10 d, and that works a treat- it mounts the internal and external hdds just fine, and can read and play the contents of the external hdd. The only thing that I've noticed is that there is a 'glitch' in the live tv picture when the internal disc is recognised, and that occurs almost instantly with 3.10 d

I'm posting the output from dmesg below. I'm tempted to try reinstalling the standard version; maybe I was just unlucky with the original installation of the upgraded firmware.
Many thanks for your support with this issue.

[4294667.331000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
[4294667.332000] Checking for 'wait' instruction...  available.
[4294667.334000] plat_prepare_cpus: ENABLING 2nd Thread...
[4294667.335000] TP0: prom_boot_secondary: Kick off 2nd CPU...
[4294667.336000] CPU revision is: 0002a044
[4294667.336000] FPU revision is: 00130001
[4294667.336000] Primary instruction cache 32kB, physically tagged, 2-way, lines  ize 64 bytes.
[4294667.336000] Primary data cache 64kB, 4-way, linesize 64 bytes.
[4294667.336000] Synthesized TLB refill handler (23 instructions).
[4294667.336000] Calibrating delay loop... 404.48 BogoMIPS (lpj=202240)
[4294667.357000] Brought up 2 CPUs
[4294667.483000] migration_cost=1000
[4294667.489000] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[4294667.490000] registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
[4294667.491000] registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
[4294667.492000] SCSI subsystem initialized
[4294667.493000] usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
[4294667.494000] usbcore: registered new driver hub
[4294667.495000] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[4294667.508000] IP route cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
[4294667.509000] TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes  )
[4294667.510000] TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[4294667.511000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 4096)
[4294667.512000] TCP reno registered
[4294667.513000] brcm-pm: disabling power to USB block
[4294667.514000] brcm-pm: disabling power to ENET block
[4294667.515000] brcm-pm: disabling power to SATA block
[4294667.517000] squashfs: version 3.2-r2 (2007/01/15) Phillip Lougher
[4294667.518000] NTFS driver 2.1.27 [Flags: R/O].
[4294667.519000] JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (C) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
[4294667.520000] io scheduler noop registered
[4294667.521000] io scheduler anticipatory registered (default)
[4294667.522000] io scheduler deadline registered
[4294667.523000] io scheduler cfq registered
[4294667.527000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 3 ports, IRQ sharin  g disabled
[4294667.528000] serial8250: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x0 (irq = 22) is a 16550A
[4294667.529000] serial8250: ttyS1 at MMIO 0x0 (irq = 66) is a 16550A
[4294667.530000] serial8250: ttyS2 at MMIO 0x0 (irq = 67) is a 16550A
[4294667.531000] loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
[4294667.532000] brcm-pm: enabling power to ENET block
[4294667.533000] Broadcom BCM7413 P21 Ethernet Network Device v2.0 Mar 11 2016 2  3:36:26
[4294667.538000] Config Internal PHY Through MDIO: 100 MB Full-Duplex (auto-neg)
[4294669.142000] libata version 2.00 loaded.
[4294669.142000] brcm-pm: enabling power to SATA block
[4294669.143000] sata_svw 0000:01:00.0: version 4.0
[4294669.169000] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xB0510000 ctl 0xB0510020 bmdma 0xB  0510030 irq 42
[4294669.170000] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xB0510100 ctl 0xB0510120 bmdma 0xB  0510130 irq 42
[4294669.171000] scsi0 : sata_svw
[4294669.475000] ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 4 SControl 300)
[4294669.512000] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xb051001c
[4294669.517000] scsi1 : sata_svw
[4294669.821000] ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 4 SControl 300)
[4294669.857000] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xb051011c
[4294669.863000] BCM97XXX flash device: 0x02000000 @ 0x1e000000
[4294669.864000] Broadcom 9xxxx mapped flash: Found 1 x16 devices at 0x0 in 16-b  it bank
[4294669.865000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.866000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.867000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.868000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.869000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.870000] Using buffer write method
[4294669.871000] cfi_cmdset_0001: Erase suspend on write enabled
[4294669.872000] erase region 0: offset=0x0,size=0x0,blocks=32768
[4294669.872000] erase region 1: offset=0x20000,size=0x0,blocks=131072
[4294669.872000] Creating 6 MTD partitions on "Broadcom 9xxxx mapped flash":
[4294669.873000] 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000001800000 : "rootfs"
[4294669.874000] 0x0000000001800000-0x0000000001a00000 : "humaxtv_db"
[4294669.875000] 0x0000000001a00000-0x0000000001c00000 : "backup"
[4294669.876000] 0x0000000001c00000-0x0000000001da0000 : "cfe"
[4294669.877000] 0x0000000001da0000-0x0000000001e00000 : "reserve0"
[4294669.878000] 0x0000000001e00000-0x0000000002000000 : "vmlinux"
[4294669.879000] physmap platform flash device: 02000000 at 1e000000
[4294669.880000] physmap-flash.0: Found 1 x16 devices at 0x0 in 16-bit bank
[4294669.881000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.882000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.883000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.884000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.885000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.886000] Using buffer write method
[4294669.887000] cfi_cmdset_0001: Erase suspend on write enabled
[4294669.888000] erase region 0: offset=0x0,size=0x0,blocks=32768
[4294669.888000] erase region 1: offset=0x20000,size=0x0,blocks=131072
[4294669.888000] cmdlinepart partition parsing not available
[4294669.889000] RedBoot partition parsing not available
[4294669.890000] usbmon: debugfs is not available
[4294669.891000] ehci_hcd_brcm_init: Initializing 2 EHCI controller(s)
[4294669.892000] brcm-pm: enabling power to USB block
[4294669.893000] 10 Dec 2004 USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver (E  HCI-brcm-0)
[4294669.894000] drivers/usb/host/ehci-brcm.c: starting brcm EHCI USB Controller
[4294669.895000]  - USB h/w setup mode <N>
[4294669.895000]  - USB power enable set for active HIGH mode
[4294669.896000] brcm-ehci brcm-ehci.0: BRCM EHCI
[4294669.897000] brcm-ehci brcm-ehci.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus num  ber 1
[4294669.898000] brcm-ehci brcm-ehci.0: irq 62, io mem 0x10480300
[4294669.899000] brcm-ehci brcm-ehci.0: USB 0.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 De  c 2004
[4294669.900000] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[4294669.901000] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[4294669.902000] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[4294670.004000] 10 Dec 2004 USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver (E  HCI-brcm-1)
[4294670.005000] drivers/usb/host/ehci-brcm.c: starting brcm EHCI USB Controller
[4294670.006000] brcm-ehci-1 brcm-ehci-1.1: BRCM EHCI
[4294670.007000] brcm-ehci-1 brcm-ehci-1.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus  number 2
[4294670.008000] brcm-ehci-1 brcm-ehci-1.1: irq 57, io mem 0x10480500
[4294670.009000] brcm-ehci-1 brcm-ehci-1.1: USB 0.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 1  0 Dec 2004
[4294670.010000] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[4294670.011000] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[4294670.012000] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[4294670.114000] ohci_hcd_brcm_init: Initializing 2 OHCI controller(s)
[4294670.115000] 2005 April 22 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (OHC  I-brcm-0)
[4294670.116000] drivers/usb/host/ohci-brcm.c: starting brcm OHCI USB Controller
[4294670.117000]  - Resetting at b0480408
[4294670.118000] <-- brcm_start_hc
[4294670.119000] brcm-ohci-0 brcm-ohci-0.0: BRCM OHCI
[4294670.120000] brcm-ohci-0 brcm-ohci-0.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus  number 3
[4294670.121000] brcm-ohci-0 brcm-ohci-0.0: irq 63, io mem 0x10480400
[4294670.177000] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[4294670.178000] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[4294670.179000] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[4294670.281000] 2005 April 22 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (OHC  I-brcm-1)
[4294670.282000] drivers/usb/host/ohci-brcm.c: starting brcm OHCI USB Controller
[4294670.283000]  - Resetting at b0480608
[4294670.284000] <-- brcm_start_hc
[4294670.285000] brcm-ohci-1 brcm-ohci-1.1: BRCM OHCI
[4294670.286000] brcm-ohci-1 brcm-ohci-1.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus  number 4
[4294670.287000] brcm-ohci-1 brcm-ohci-1.1: irq 64, io mem 0x10480600
[4294670.343000] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[4294670.344000] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[4294670.345000] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[4294670.447000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[4294670.448000] usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
[4294670.449000] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[4294670.450000] usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
[4294670.451000] drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[4294670.960000] i8042.c: i8042 controller self test timeout.
[4294670.961000] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[4294670.962000] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[4294670.975000] TCP cubic registered
[4294670.976000] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[4294670.977000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[4294670.982000] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly.
[4294670.983000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 160k freed
[4294671.429000] bcmdriver: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
[4294673.462000] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using brcm-ehci and address  2
[4294673.655000] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[4294673.667000] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[4294673.686000] usb-storage: device found at 2
[4294673.686000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[4294678.686000] isa bounce pool size: 16 pages
[4294678.688000]  Vendor: Samsung  Model: M3 Portable  Rev: 1301
[4294678.695000]  Type:  Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision  : 06
[4294678.709000] SCSI device sda: 1953525168 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000205 MB)
[4294678.722000] sda: Write Protect is off
[4294678.723000] sda: Mode Sense: 33 00 00 08
[4294678.723000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[4294678.724000] SCSI device sda: 1953525168 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000205 MB)
[4294678.725000] sda: Write Protect is off
[4294678.726000] sda: Mode Sense: 33 00 00 08
[4294678.726000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[4294678.727000]  sda: sda1
[4294678.761000] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
[4294678.783000] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[4294678.791000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[4294679.233000] NTFS volume version 3.1.
[4294684.000000] ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x40000 action 0x42 fr  ozen
[4294684.733000] ata1: soft resetting port
[4294684.888000] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[4294684.896000] ata1.00: ATA-8, max UDMA/133, 1953525168 sectors: LBA48 NCQ (de  pth 0/32)
[4294684.905000] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[4294684.909000] ata1: EH complete
[4294685.909000]  Vendor: ATA  Model: ST1000VM002-1CT1  Rev: SC23
[4294685.914000]  Type:  Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision  : 05
[4294685.931000] SCSI device sdb: 1953525168 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000205 MB)
[4294685.932000] sdb: Write Protect is off
[4294685.933000] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[4294685.933000] SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
[4294685.936000] SCSI device sdb: 1953525168 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000205 MB)
[4294685.937000] sdb: Write Protect is off
[4294685.938000] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[4294685.938000] SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
[4294685.939000]  sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
[4294685.984000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb
[4294685.997000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[4294686.150000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[4294686.156000] EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is  recommended
[4294686.176000] EXT3 FS on sdb1, internal journal
[4294686.181000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[4294689.734000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[4294689.773000] EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is  recommended
[4294689.815000] EXT3 FS on sdb2, internal journal
[4294689.817000] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
[4294689.850000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[4294690.761000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[4294690.768000] EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is  recommended
[4294690.780000] EXT3 FS on sdb3, internal journal
[4294690.785000] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
[4294690.921000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[4294698.199000] Adding 131064k swap on /mnt/hd3/.swap0.  Priority:-1 extents:35  across:1053372k
humax#

 

[driftwood66]

Just experienced the same problem with the delayed availability of the internall hdd, and inability to read the contents of the attached usb hdd. This is with the diagnostic version of the cfw, but exactly the same fault as I experienced previously with the 'standard' version. Am posting the dmesg output

[4294667.332000] Checking for 'wait' instruction...  available.
[4294667.334000] plat_prepare_cpus: ENABLING 2nd Thread...
[4294667.335000] TP0: prom_boot_secondary: Kick off 2nd CPU...
[4294667.336000] CPU revision is: 0002a044
[4294667.336000] FPU revision is: 00130001
[4294667.336000] Primary instruction cache 32kB, physically tagged, 2-way, linesize 64 bytes.
[4294667.336000] Primary data cache 64kB, 4-way, linesize 64 bytes.
[4294667.336000] Synthesized TLB refill handler (23 instructions).
[4294667.336000] Calibrating delay loop... 404.48 BogoMIPS (lpj=202240)
[4294667.357000] Brought up 2 CPUs
[4294667.425000] migration_cost=1000
[4294667.431000] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[4294667.432000] registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
[4294667.433000] registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
[4294667.434000] SCSI subsystem initialized
[4294667.435000] usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
[4294667.436000] usbcore: registered new driver hub
[4294667.437000] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[4294667.450000] IP route cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
[4294667.451000] TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[4294667.452000] TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[4294667.453000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 4096)
[4294667.454000] TCP reno registered
[4294667.455000] brcm-pm: disabling power to USB block
[4294667.456000] brcm-pm: disabling power to ENET block
[4294667.457000] brcm-pm: disabling power to SATA block
[4294667.459000] squashfs: version 3.2-r2 (2007/01/15) Phillip Lougher
[4294667.460000] NTFS driver 2.1.27 [Flags: R/O].
[4294667.461000] JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (C) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
[4294667.462000] io scheduler noop registered
[4294667.463000] io scheduler anticipatory registered (default)
[4294667.464000] io scheduler deadline registered
[4294667.465000] io scheduler cfq registered
[4294667.469000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 3 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
[4294667.470000] serial8250: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x0 (irq = 22) is a 16550A
[4294667.471000] serial8250: ttyS1 at MMIO 0x0 (irq = 66) is a 16550A
[4294667.472000] serial8250: ttyS2 at MMIO 0x0 (irq = 67) is a 16550A
[4294667.473000] loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
[4294667.474000] brcm-pm: enabling power to ENET block
[4294667.475000] Broadcom BCM7413 P21 Ethernet Network Device v2.0 Mar 11 2016 23:36:26
[4294667.480000] Config Internal PHY Through MDIO: 100 MB Full-Duplex (auto-neg)
[4294669.084000] libata version 2.00 loaded.
[4294669.084000] brcm-pm: enabling power to SATA block
[4294669.085000] sata_svw 0000:01:00.0: version 4.0
[4294669.111000] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xB0510000 ctl 0xB0510020 bmdma 0xB0510030 irq 42
[4294669.112000] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xB0510100 ctl 0xB0510120 bmdma 0xB0510130 irq 42
[4294669.113000] scsi0 : sata_svw
[4294669.417000] ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 4 SControl 300)
[4294669.454000] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xb051001c
[4294669.459000] scsi1 : sata_svw
[4294669.763000] ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 4 SControl 300)
[4294669.799000] ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xb051011c
[4294669.805000] BCM97XXX flash device: 0x02000000 @ 0x1e000000
[4294669.806000] Broadcom 9xxxx mapped flash: Found 1 x16 devices at 0x0 in 16-bit bank
[4294669.807000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.808000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.809000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.810000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.811000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.812000] Using buffer write method
[4294669.813000] cfi_cmdset_0001: Erase suspend on write enabled
[4294669.814000] erase region 0: offset=0x0,size=0x0,blocks=32768
[4294669.814000] erase region 1: offset=0x20000,size=0x0,blocks=131072
[4294669.814000] Creating 6 MTD partitions on "Broadcom 9xxxx mapped flash":
[4294669.815000] 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000001800000 : "rootfs"
[4294669.816000] 0x0000000001800000-0x0000000001a00000 : "humaxtv_db"
[4294669.817000] 0x0000000001a00000-0x0000000001c00000 : "backup"
[4294669.818000] 0x0000000001c00000-0x0000000001da0000 : "cfe"
[4294669.819000] 0x0000000001da0000-0x0000000001e00000 : "reserve0"
[4294669.820000] 0x0000000001e00000-0x0000000002000000 : "vmlinux"
[4294669.821000] physmap platform flash device: 02000000 at 1e000000
[4294669.822000] physmap-flash.0: Found 1 x16 devices at 0x0 in 16-bit bank
[4294669.823000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.824000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.825000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.826000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.827000]  Intel/Sharp Extended Query Table at 0x010A
[4294669.828000] Using buffer write method
[4294669.829000] cfi_cmdset_0001: Erase suspend on write enabled
[4294669.830000] erase region 0: offset=0x0,size=0x0,blocks=32768
[4294669.830000] erase region 1: offset=0x20000,size=0x0,blocks=131072
[4294669.830000] cmdlinepart partition parsing not available
[4294669.831000] RedBoot partition parsing not available
[4294669.832000] usbmon: debugfs is not available
[4294669.833000] ehci_hcd_brcm_init: Initializing 2 EHCI controller(s)
[4294669.834000] brcm-pm: enabling power to USB block
[4294669.835000] 10 Dec 2004 USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver (EHCI-brcm-0)
[4294669.836000] drivers/usb/host/ehci-brcm.c: starting brcm EHCI USB Controller
[4294669.837000]  - USB h/w setup mode <N>
[4294669.837000]  - USB power enable set for active HIGH mode
[4294669.838000] brcm-ehci brcm-ehci.0: BRCM EHCI
[4294669.839000] brcm-ehci brcm-ehci.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[4294669.840000] brcm-ehci brcm-ehci.0: irq 62, io mem 0x10480300
[4294669.841000] brcm-ehci brcm-ehci.0: USB 0.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
[4294669.842000] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[4294669.843000] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[4294669.844000] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[4294669.946000] 10 Dec 2004 USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver (EHCI-brcm-1)
[4294669.947000] drivers/usb/host/ehci-brcm.c: starting brcm EHCI USB Controller
[4294669.948000] brcm-ehci-1 brcm-ehci-1.1: BRCM EHCI
[4294669.949000] brcm-ehci-1 brcm-ehci-1.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[4294669.950000] brcm-ehci-1 brcm-ehci-1.1: irq 57, io mem 0x10480500
[4294669.951000] brcm-ehci-1 brcm-ehci-1.1: USB 0.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
[4294669.952000] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[4294669.953000] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[4294669.954000] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[4294670.056000] ohci_hcd_brcm_init: Initializing 2 OHCI controller(s)
[4294670.057000] 2005 April 22 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (OHCI-brcm-0)
[4294670.058000] drivers/usb/host/ohci-brcm.c: starting brcm OHCI USB Controller
[4294670.059000]  - Resetting at b0480408
[4294670.060000] <-- brcm_start_hc
[4294670.061000] brcm-ohci-0 brcm-ohci-0.0: BRCM OHCI
[4294670.062000] brcm-ohci-0 brcm-ohci-0.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[4294670.063000] brcm-ohci-0 brcm-ohci-0.0: irq 63, io mem 0x10480400
[4294670.119000] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[4294670.120000] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[4294670.121000] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[4294670.223000] 2005 April 22 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (OHCI-brcm-1)
[4294670.224000] drivers/usb/host/ohci-brcm.c: starting brcm OHCI USB Controller
[4294670.225000]  - Resetting at b0480608
[4294670.226000] <-- brcm_start_hc
[4294670.227000] brcm-ohci-1 brcm-ohci-1.1: BRCM OHCI
[4294670.228000] brcm-ohci-1 brcm-ohci-1.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[4294670.229000] brcm-ohci-1 brcm-ohci-1.1: irq 64, io mem 0x10480600
[4294670.285000] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[4294670.286000] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[4294670.287000] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[4294670.389000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[4294670.390000] usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
[4294670.391000] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[4294670.392000] usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
[4294670.393000] drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[4294670.902000] i8042.c: i8042 controller self test timeout.
[4294670.903000] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[4294670.904000] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[4294670.917000] TCP cubic registered
[4294670.918000] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[4294670.919000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[4294670.924000] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly.
[4294670.925000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 160k freed
[4294671.373000] bcmdriver: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
[4294673.403000] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using brcm-ehci and address 2
[4294673.597000] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[4294673.605000] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[4294673.620000] usb-storage: device found at 2
[4294673.620000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[4294678.620000] isa bounce pool size: 16 pages
[4294678.622000]   Vendor: Samsung   Model: M3 Portable       Rev: 1301
[4294678.627000]   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 06
[4294678.633000] SCSI device sda: 1953525168 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000205 MB)
[4294678.637000] sda: Write Protect is off
[4294678.638000] sda: Mode Sense: 33 00 00 08
[4294678.638000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[4294678.640000] SCSI device sda: 1953525168 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000205 MB)
[4294678.649000] sda: Write Protect is off
[4294678.654000] sda: Mode Sense: 33 00 00 08
[4294678.654000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[4294678.659000]  sda: sda1
[4294678.689000] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
[4294678.731000] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[4294678.748000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[4294679.375000] NTFS volume version 3.1.
[4294926.000000] ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x40000 action 0x42 frozen
[4294926.728000] ata1: soft resetting port
[4294926.882000] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[4294926.889000] ata1.00: ATA-8, max UDMA/133, 1953525168 sectors: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
[4294926.897000] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[4294926.902000] ata1: EH complete
[4294927.902000]   Vendor: ATA       Model: ST1000VM002-1CT1  Rev: SC23
[4294927.907000]   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 05
[4294927.913000] SCSI device sdb: 1953525168 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000205 MB)
[4294927.915000] sdb: Write Protect is off
[4294927.916000] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[4294927.917000] SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
[4294927.919000] SCSI device sdb: 1953525168 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000205 MB)
[4294927.920000] sdb: Write Protect is off
[4294927.921000] sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[4294927.922000] SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
[4294927.923000]  sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
[4294928.020000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb
[4294928.092000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[4294928.437000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[4294928.443000] EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended
[4294928.490000] EXT3 FS on sdb1, internal journal
[4294928.492000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[4294933.047000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[4294933.053000] EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended
[4294933.065000] EXT3 FS on sdb2, internal journal
[4294933.070000] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
[4294933.076000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[4294933.173000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[4294933.174000] EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended
[4294933.175000] EXT3 FS on sdb3, internal journal
[4294933.177000] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
[4294933.178000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[4294937.993000] Adding 131064k swap on /mnt/hd3/.swap0.  Priority:-1 extents:35 across:1053372k
humax#
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[af123]

That dmesg output from the non-working case looks fine : (
Disk initialisation problems do seem to largely disappear when using the debug version which makes them incredibly hard to track down but does indicate some kind of timing issue. I will have a look when I can but as far as I know you're the only person having problems with 3.10. I'd suggest sticking with 3.10k for now unless you need the custom kernel features, otherwise 3.03, and I will look at this when I get some time.

 

[driftwood66]

Many thanks for your time on this. It does seem to be a hard to pin-down problem- I've tried all 3 versions of 3.10, and they all perform pretty much the same way- around 50% of the time it boots up providing access to both the internal and external drives just fine, around half the time it boots up with no access to either, but at some point (usually within 15 minutes), the picture will freeze on live tv, and then the HDDs are available. Around 10% of bootups result in delayed internal HDD access and a failure to recognise the external HDD at all. I do understand that it's just me with this fault, so could well just be down to aging hardware I guess!