From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Problems w/ Sil3124 + Port Multiplier Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 13:37:03 +0200 Message-ID: <4639C95F.9080507@gmail.com> References: <463828F6.7020209@jogback.se> <46388862.1020709@gmail.com> <4638928E.60700@jogback.se> <4639A6A3.20001@gmail.com> <4639C1DB.3030501@jogback.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.233]:29684 "EHLO wr-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754003AbXECLhT (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 May 2007 07:37:19 -0400 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 76so484054wra for ; Thu, 03 May 2007 04:37:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4639C1DB.3030501@jogback.se> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lars_Michael_Jogb=E4ck?= Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Lars Michael Jogb=E4ck wrote: > Tejun Heo wrote: >> I was hoping to see some error logs but no. Hardware_ECC_Recovered >> count seems high (385707184) but I dunno whether the value is normal= or >> not. Different manufacturers use different norms in counting them. = If >> you have other disks of the same model, you can compare the values a= nd >> see whether if it's unusually high. >> =20 > I think that is normal for that kind of disk. This is another disk bu= t > the same model (this one is attached to a 3ware 9500-controller) > and it shows the same. I see. > May 1 23:53:36 cleopatra kernel: ata5.00: tag 0 cmd 0xea Emask 0x4 s= tat > 0x40 err 0x0 (timeout) >=20 > and then it continues with approx 1/hour of the above. So it seems > something is strange in the interface between the drive and the > computer. I can swap the drive (it's in an raid5-array) to another dr= ive > of the same model if helps in any way; but I suspect that it will sho= w > the same result. The fact that the first slot is always the one causing problem bothers me. Can you try to connect the disk to a different controller and use different power connector? Let's see to which the problem is attached = - disk, port or something else. --=20 tejun