Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932157AbWH0QSU (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:18:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932161AbWH0QSU (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:18:20 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.177]:59113 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932157AbWH0QST (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:18:19 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=O4vFj22gxun40RHQREXordY51GEbwg4x7Wlkt8AvcutGM7kP1pigVIXaPCBeGvWadD1sljPQC2GxUVIFh4LUBwW9nxokHGkauqHblc1EM3rQVEEkJgoMlGpwYKivDfZdztcCLEI2rO96OeO3zdvx+wCB4O1HM+AaocXdkYa0Les= Message-ID: <44F1C5C5.3030504@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:18:13 +0900 From: Tejun Heo User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Soeren Sonnenburg CC: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/0c to ... PDC20376 (FastTrak 376) related cold freezes References: <1156440866.29118.14.camel@localhost> <44F167C0.6020903@gmail.com> <1156692788.12244.11.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1156692788.12244.11.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1808 Lines: 49 Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: > On Sun, 2006-08-27 at 18:37 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: >> Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I just upgraded to using 2 sata disks (both seagate drives >>> ST3400832AS and ST3750640AS) on this asus a7v8x on-board promise fastrak >>> 376 (PDC20376) controller. However, as soon as I do a lot of io (cp some >>> G of files) I get swamped in >>> >>> ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/0c to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00 >>> ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } >>> ata1: error=0x0c { DriveStatusError } >>> ata2: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/0c to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00 >>> ata2: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } >>> ata2: error=0x0c { DriveStatusError } >>> ... >> Is the system usable after these messages? > > Yes, however I got cold freezes from (time to time) after a while... I see. your drive is reporting error for some reason and libata is failing to recover. >>> messages. For that it is enough to do it on a single drive or copy from >>> drive to drive. This is on kernel 2.6.17.4, but I remember (when I was >>> still using a single drive) this very same output to happen on 2.6.15. >>> >>> Can anyone translate these dubious error messages to me ? >>> >>> Here are more details about the system: >>> >>> - the sata_promise driver version 1.04 is used >> Can you give a shot at 2.6.18-rc4? > > I will, though I don't see much changes in that driver... Ah.. right. sata_promise isn't converted to new EH yet. There's no reason to try -rc4. Please stand by. Thanks. -- tejun - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/