Re: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/0c to ... PDC20376 (FastTrak 376) related cold freezes

[Soeren Sonnenburg <kernel@nn7.de>]

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...

> > 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...

Soeren
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