From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Subject: Re: pata_ali complains at boot Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:19:07 +0000 Message-ID: <20061216221907.14096256@localhost.localdomain> References: <20061216162216.GA28405@welho.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:49133 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422654AbWLPWKc convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:10:32 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20061216162216.GA28405@welho.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Taneli =?UTF-8?B?VsOkaMOka2FuZ2Fz?= Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:22:16 +0200 Taneli V=C3=A4h=C3=A4kangas wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I'm using pata_ali with ULi M1697, which has this: > 00:16.0 IDE interface [0101]: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE [10b9:5229] (= rev c7) >=20 >=20 > IDE works with either pata_ali or alim15x3, but pata_ali complains > at boot like this: > ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 > ata2.00: (BMDMA stat 0x24) > ata2.00: cmd c8/00:58:30:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4= 5056 in > res 51/84:00:87:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus = error) > ata2: soft resetting port > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100 > ata2: EH complete >=20 > This is repeated a few times, only with different UDMA levels. > Is this normal? Or at least not dangerous ... What rate does it stop at ?