From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
To: Jordan Neumeyer <jnengland77@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pata_sis:sg_write errors
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:54:44 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45AC3064.3070504@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20070115T195130-154@post.gmane.org>
Jordan Neumeyer wrote:
> Well recently I've been using libata since my my distribution offered it when
> they switched to 2.6.19( maybe? 18) in the initramfs image. I have a sis 5513
> controller, which after a couple of days started acting up and coming up with
> the following error:
>
> sg_write: data in/out 30576/30576 bytes for SCSI command 0xbe--guessing data i$;
> program grip not setting count and/or reply_len properly
> printk: 319 messages suppressed.
> sg_write: data in/out 30576/30576 bytes for SCSI command 0xbe--guessing data $n;
> program grip not setting count and/or reply_len properly
> printk: 321 messages suppressed.
> sg_write: data in/out 16464/16464 bytes for SCSI command 0xbe--guessing data $n;
> program grip not setting count and/or reply_len properly
> printk: 323 messages suppressed.
> sg_write: data in/out 16464/16464 bytes for SCSI command 0xbe--guessing data $n;
> program grip not setting count and/or reply_len properly
> printk: 323 messages suppressed.
> sg_write: data in/out 16464/16464 bytes for SCSI command 0xbe--guessing data $n;
> program grip not setting count and/or reply_len properly
> printk: 324 messages suppressed.
>
> It's repeated over, and over; differing amounts of bytes. I'm unsure what
> invoked such errors, because it only started to happen a few days after use of
> the kernel. Which was 2.6.19-beyond kernel. I don't believe any additions made
> by the beyond kernel affected the libata system.
>
> Has this been fixed in the 2.6.20-rcXs?
This is not a kernel bug. The SCSI midlayer is bitching that grip
hasn't set certain parameter while using the sg interface (which
previous kernels have ignored). grip should be updated to use proper
parameter. So, no, 2.6.20-rcX won't fix it. You need to update grip.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-16 1:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-15 19:05 pata_sis:sg_write errors Jordan Neumeyer
2007-01-16 1:54 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2007-01-16 23:04 ` jnengland77
2007-01-17 2:14 ` Tejun Heo
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