From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sander Subject: Some sata_mv error messages (was: Re: 2.6.16-rc6-mm2) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 14:33:18 +0100 Message-ID: <20060320133318.GB32762@favonius> References: <20060318044056.350a2931.akpm@osdl.org> Reply-To: sander@humilis.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from ookhoi.xs4all.nl ([213.84.114.66]:60575 "EHLO favonius.humilis.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964772AbWCTNdU (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:33:20 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060318044056.350a2931.akpm@osdl.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, lkml@rtr.ca Hi all, While sata_mv in 2.6.16-rc6-mm2 seems stable (yah!) compared to 2.6.16-rc6 (no crashes, no data corruption), I still get these messages: [ 3962.139906] ata5: translated ATA stat/err 0xd0/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00 [ 3962.139959] ata5: status=0xd0 { Busy } [ 6105.948045] ata6: translated ATA stat/err 0xd0/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00 [ 6105.948097] ata6: status=0xd0 { Busy } [ 7981.164936] ata5: translated ATA stat/err 0xd0/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00 [ 7981.164991] ata5: status=0xd0 { Busy } [ 8273.951019] ata7: translated ATA stat/err 0xd0/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00 [ 8273.951072] ata7: status=0xd0 { Busy } [ 9903.032350] ata8: translated ATA stat/err 0xd0/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00 [ 9903.032402] ata8: status=0xd0 { Busy } I'm not entirely sure this is only happens on sata_mv (Marvell MV88SX6081) as out of eight disks only one is connected to the onboard sata_nv (nVidia) and the error doesn't happen very often. But I'll keep an eye on it. Are these messages somehow dangerous or otherwise indicating a potentional serious problem? A google search came up with a few links, but none of them helped me understand the messages. Thanks! Sander -- Humilis IT Services and Solutions http://www.humilis.net