From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erik Mouw Subject: Re: LibPATA code issues / 2.6.17.3 (What is the next step?) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:55:49 +0200 Message-ID: <20060713105549.GE31644@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <1152545639.27368.137.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1152634324.18028.21.camel@localhost.localdomain> <44B57373.2030907@dgreaves.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:13424 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751472AbWGMKzv (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:55:51 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44B57373.2030907@dgreaves.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: David Greaves Cc: Alan Cox , Justin Piszcz , Mark Lord , Jeff Garzik , Sander , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, IDE/ATA development list On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 11:10:59PM +0100, David Greaves wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > Ar Maw, 2006-07-11 am 09:28 -0400, ysgrifennodd Justin Piszcz: > >> Alan/Jeff/Mark, > >> > >> Is there anything else I can do to further troubleshoot this problem now > >> that we have the failed opcode(s)? Again, there is never any corruption > >> on these drives, so it is more of an annoyance than anything else. > > > > Nothing strikes me so far other than the data not making sense. Possibly > > it will become clearer later if/when we see other examples. > > For me it's SMART related. > > smartctl -data -o on /dev/sda reliably gets a similar message. > Justin - does this smartctl command trigger a message for you? In that case SMART just isn't enabled. smartctl -d ata --smart=on /dev/sda should make those messages go away. Some BIOSes have a setting to enable/disable SMART, though the option is usually badly documented (hey, what do you expect from BIOS writers). Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands