Re: Error message - vs-13070

[Oleg Drokin <green@namesys.com>]

Hello!

On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 04:36:09PM +0300, Hans Reiser wrote:
> >>>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> >>>hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=6599945, 
> >>>sector=4286584
> >>>end_request: I/O error, dev 03:03 (hda), sector 4286584
> >>>These errors look to me like a hardware problem (bad sector on the 
> >>>drive).
> >>>Definately not a reiserfs problem, thanks for the reply Oleg.
> >>Depends, is 4286584 beyond the end of what really exists, or is that in
> >>the middle of your valid sectors?
> >Reads/writes beyond end of device emit different messages.
> how about defining that in our faq.

Defining of what?
Q: What does "attempt to access beyond end of device" messages mean?
A: This means that there was attempt to read outside of device.

I see no point in such entries at all.

Bye,
    Oleg