From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: SMART support for libata Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:52:30 -0400 Message-ID: <42A73E6E.80808@rtr.ca> References: <87y8g8r4y6.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> <41B7EFA3.8000007@pobox.com> <87br6g6ayr.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from cpu1185.adsl.bellglobal.com ([207.236.110.166]:25604 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261522AbVFHSwc (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jun 2005 14:52:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87br6g6ayr.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Greg Stark Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" Greg Stark wrote: > > getting really hot so I put it to sleep with "hdparm -Y". > > Now whenever smartd probes that drive my system freezes for a few seconds and > I get this in my syslog: > > Jun 8 12:49:36 stark kernel: hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } > Jun 8 12:49:36 stark kernel: > Jun 8 12:49:36 stark kernel: ide: failed opcode was: 0xe5 That is normal and expected behaviour. A "sleeping" drive never responds to commands until woken with a reset. You should be using "-y" (standby) instead of "-Y" (sleep). Cheers