Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761796AbXHNPIn (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:08:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759142AbXHNPI3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:08:29 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:39835 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753232AbXHNPI1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:08:27 -0400 Message-ID: <46C1C560.80801@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:08:16 -0400 From: Chuck Ebbert Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Niels CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi , USB development list Subject: Re: Problems with USB disk [solved] References: <20070807211847.GA25391@kroah.com> <200708081357.03238.ismail@pardus.org.tr> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3768 Lines: 97 On 08/13/2007 10:50 AM, Niels wrote: > On Sunday 12 August 2007 11:54, Niels wrote: > >> On Friday 10 August 2007 14:43, Niels wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday 08 August 2007 12:57, Ismail Dönmez wrote: >>> >>>> On Wednesday 08 August 2007 13:48:29 you wrote: >>>>> On Tuesday 07 August 2007 23:18, Greg KH wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 10:26:15PM +0200, Niels wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm having problems with a new 500 GB USB disk. It works, but >>>>>>> sometimes I get these in dmesg: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> usb 1-3: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 >>>>>>> usb 5-1: USB disconnect, address 2 >>>>>>> drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: removed >>>>>>> sd 0:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Sense Key : 0x2 [current] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> : ASC=0x4 ASCQ=0x2 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 254148215 >>>>>>> sd 0:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Sense Key : 0x2 [current] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> : ASC=0x4 ASCQ=0x2 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 252434023 >>>>>>> EXT3-fs error (device sda1): ext3_find_entry: reading directory >>>>>>> #15761836 offset 0 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There's also a printer connected. This is on a pci/usb2 card. When >>>>>>> the above happens, I get I/O errors. When I mount the drive next, >>>>>>> there are errors and often missing files. Quite annoying! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kernel is 2.6.21 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What's going on? >>>>>> You have a low voltage issue, or a bad cable. The device is >>>>>> electronically disconnecting itself. Try using a externally-powered >>>>>> hub, or a new cable. >>>> I am seeing a similar problem with 2.6.22 and 2.6.23-* kernels with my >>>> 60G iPod Video, works fine with 2.6.18 kernel though. >>>> >>> >>> So far I'm seeing this: >>> >>> - On 2.6.21 I mount the drive. After a while it spins down, and when I >>> then unmount it, an error pops up in dmesg. >>> >>> - On 2.6.18 I can't provoke the same error. The drive doesn't appear to >>> spin down. I don't know if the data corruption from 2.6.21 occurs with >>> regular use. >>> >>> There are a number of other factor I need to eliminate on my system, but >>> that's it so far. CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND is not set on either kernel. >> >> OK, on a vanilla 2.6.18.8 I also have this problem, with both the pci/usb2 >> card, and the usb1 on the board. I listen to music from the drive, and >> after some time (10-20 minutes or so), it freaks out: >> >> ========= >> sd 1:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key=0x2 >> ASC=0x4 ASCQ=0x2 >> end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 126693711 >> sd 1:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key=0x2 >> ASC=0x4 ASCQ=0x2 >> end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 126693711 >> sd 1:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key=0x2 >> ASC=0x4 ASCQ=0x2 >> end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 126693711 >> ========= >> > > Using a new PSU and a powered hub made no difference. But I found a solution > here: > > http://alienghic.livejournal.com/382903.html > > Basically, the problem is, as suspected, that the drive spins down / goes to > suspend. This can be disabled with "sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sda". > > It seems to me to be an error that the kernel reports this as something like > a hardware failure. Or at least very misleading. > Oh, nice. The usb-storage (SCSI) disk spins itself down and we can't handle that. Should we be disabling auto-spindown when we connect the device, or be able to handle this by sending the start command when needed? - 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/