bug: kernel 2.6.37-12 READ FPDMA QUEUED

[Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>]

I've been trying to install a 2.6.37-12 kernel from kernel-ppa on one of
my Ubuntu machines without success.

It keeps giving errors like this:

    [ 9.115544] ata9: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0xf SErr 0x0 action 0x10
    frozen
    [ 9.115550] ata9.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
    [ 9.115556] ata9.00: cmd 60/04:00:

    d4:82:85/00:00:1f:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 2048 in
    [ 9.115557] res 40/00:18:d3:82:85/00:00:1f:00:00/40 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
    [ 9.115560] ata9.00: status: { DRDY }
    [ 9.115562] ata9.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED

I've searched and found some bugs referencing this type of problem and
followed some suggestions:

I added libata.force=noncq to the kernel boot line but it did not help.

My hardware is like this:
# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge
(int gfx)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge
(PCIE port 5)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA
Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0
Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0
Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2
Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3300
Graphics
01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
03:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23
IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)

I've tested the hard drives with manufacturers surface test tools and
the drives show no errors.  Smartctl shows no errors after testing.

Is there some kernel switch I need to support this hardware w/2.6.37-12
kernels?


Regards,
Gerry