Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759676AbYLQH1e (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:27:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759479AbYLQH1G (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:27:06 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:54487 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759368AbYLQH1E (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:27:04 -0500 Message-ID: <4948A9C1.6050900@garzik.org> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:26:57 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081119) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Morton CC: Justin Madru , lkml , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [2.6.28-rc] Sata soft reset filling log References: <494318F5.4060007@gawab.com> <20081216210251.138d3e98.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20081216210251.138d3e98.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Morton wrote: > (cc linux-ide). > > This is a post-2.6.27 regression. Panic! > > On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:07:49 -0800 Justin Madru wrote: > >> I've been testing .28 (currently -rc8) and I've noticed in the logs a >> massive amount of the following. >> I can confirm that the messages doesn't appear when booting into a .27 >> kernel. >> >> ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen >> ata2.00: ST_FIRST: !(DRQ|ERR|DF) >> ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 >> cdb 1e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >> res 50/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) >> ata2.00: status: { DRDY } >> ata2: soft resetting link >> ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 >> ata2: EH complete >> >> I get this block of messages about every 20 seconds for as long as I'm >> booted into a .28 kernel. >> It seems that the sata link is being soft reseted about every _20_ secs. >> My drive is a sata drive that should be using UDMA/133 (right?), >> but the "error" message says configuring for UDMA/33. >> Does this mean that my drive is running at a slower speed? >> Should I be worried about the .28 kernel corrupting my hardware? Is this >> a known issue? >> How can I stop it from filling my logs! >> >> Some information about my computer: >> >> $ lspci >> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML >> and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, >> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) >> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, >> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) >> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High >> Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) >> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express >> Port 1 (rev 01) >> 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express >> Port 4 (rev 01) >> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI >> Controller #1 (rev 01) >> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI >> Controller #2 (rev 01) >> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI >> Controller #3 (rev 01) >> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI >> Controller #4 (rev 01) >> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI >> Controller (rev 01) >> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1) >> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface >> Bridge (rev 01) >> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA >> IDE Controller (rev 01) >> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller >> (rev 01) >> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX >> (rev 02) What driver in use? ata_piix? Can you give full dmesg (boot + first few errors)? Are there any ATAPI devices attached to this controller, in addition to the Seagate ST980811AS ? Jeff -- 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/