From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: libata , Silicon Image 3124 Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:10:57 +0900 Message-ID: <473A5931.4040704@gmail.com> References: <4738A231.5010700@kasimir-mueller.de> <4738FC4C.7050103@gmail.com> <473A11B4.5030409@kasimir.mueller.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.180]:46155 "EHLO wa-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763912AbXKNCLF (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:11:05 -0500 Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id v27so28156wah for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:11:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <473A11B4.5030409@kasimir.mueller.de> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Kasimir Mueller Cc: IDE/ATA development list [linux-ide added back. please don't drop cc list] Kasimir Mueller wrote: > Tejun Heo schrieb: >> Kasimir M=FCller wrote: >> =20 >>> Nov 12 19:28:42 linux kernel: ata6.02: cmd >>> ea/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 0 >>> Nov 12 19:28:42 linux kernel: res >>> 40/00:00:09:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) >>> =20 >> >> That's flush timing out, which isn't good. >> >> 1. Are the errors localized to ata6.02? >> =20 > I think it's ata6.01 The above message says 6.02 tho. Anyways, if the errors are localized to one drive, please swap that drive with another drive. Do the errors follow the drive or stay with the slot? >> 2. Is FLUSH always involved (ie. is cmd always ea)? >> =20 > yes Hmmm... okay. That sounds like a dying drive to me. What does 'smartctl -a /dev/sdX' say? >> 3. If you disable NCQ, what do errors look like? >> =20 > I put all disk-drives in the blacklist , without a change So, NCQ isn't the problem. ATM, it sounds like a dying drive to me. Please double check the error= s are localized to one drive, check smartctl log and try to verify as written above. Thanks. --=20 tejun