2.6.15.4: Can't get running id for drives on ite8212 controller

2.6.15.4: Can't get running id for drives on ite8212 controller

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# hdparm -I /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Input/output error

No SMART access either. This is a ST3200822A drive hanging off an
IT/ITE8212 controller. Linux kernel is 2.6.15.4 and dmesg spits out:

[1683890.974231] hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
[1683890.974243] hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
[1683890.974248] ide: failed opcode was: 0xa1

# hdparm -i /dev/hda

/dev/hda:

 Model=ST3200822A, FwRev=3.01, SerialNo=3LJ22Y8F
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
 CurCHS=65535/1/63, CurSects=4128705, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
 IORDY=on/off
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 
 AdvancedPM=no
 Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2: 

 * signifies the current active mode

hdparm version is: hdparm v6.1

Now I've never had a drive not be able to give me something for -I so
I'm thinking that this is not quite cricket. Other drives on the
controller are:

/dev/hdc: SAMSUNG SV1022D
/dev/hdd: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct20 10

and they all fail in the same manner.

AFAIK I'm not using it in RAID mode and this is what it spat out at
startup:

[   31.710110] IT8212: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:0a.0
[   31.710164] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[   31.710254] IT8212: chipset revision 17
[   31.710296] it821x: controller in smart mode.
[   31.710338] IT8212: 100% native mode on irq 18
[   31.710398]     ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa800-0xa807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
[   31.710518]     ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa808-0xa80f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:DMA
[   31.710636] Probing IDE interface ide0...
[   31.974258] hda: ST3200822A, ATA DISK drive
[   32.280538] hda: Performing identify fixups.
[   32.280604] ide0 at 0x9800-0x9807,0x9c02 on irq 18
[   32.280743] Probing IDE interface ide1...
[   32.543812] hdc: SAMSUNG SV1022D, ATA DISK drive
[   32.798613] hdd: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct20 10, ATA DISK drive
[   32.850133] hdc: Performing identify fixups.
[   32.850175] hdd: Performing identify fixups.

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