From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Cox Subject: Re: Disk errors reported on boot - kernel 2.6.18 Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:30:29 +0100 Message-ID: <20070616183029.715c3662@the-village.bc.nu> References: <002101c7b028$38bab8d0$0901a8c0@medalha> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:38150 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751090AbXFPRZT (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:25:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <002101c7b028$38bab8d0$0901a8c0@medalha> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Miguel Medalha Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org > I recently installed a new disk on the same computer. This one is a Hitchi > HDS721616PLAT80. > > When this disk is connected to the ICH5 controller, the following error > lines appear on boot: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0 Your new drive rejected a SMART command. It was asked (by user space I suspect - ie smartd) to do some kind of smart operation and reported 51/04 - which is basically 'I do not know/support the command you have asked me to perform) - amd opcode 0xB0 is smart. > The drive is working perfectly. I even verified it with a tool provided by > the manufacturer. SMART also does not report any error . > The same disk gives no error whatsoever when connected to a ITE8212 IDE > Controler present on the same computer. The IT8212 with raid firmware doesn't support SMART so any smart configuration funnies would be hidden Alan