From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: sata_sil24 stability and performance Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:05:36 -0400 Message-ID: <47E02090.80000@rtr.ca> References: <20080304002215.GA13317@denix.org> <47CCC1C6.5010600@gmail.com> <20080304062942.GA14335@denix.org> <47CE55B3.6070701@gmail.com> <20080306041454.GA7242@denix.org> <47CF7222.7060702@gmail.com> <20080306065513.GE7150@denix.org> <47CF9880.4080900@gmail.com> <20080315214347.GA1511@denix.org> <47DDE0ED.6040304@rtr.ca> <20080318001513.GA2389@denix.org> <47DF4070.3040507@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:3805 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752940AbYCSToN (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:44:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: <47DF4070.3040507@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: Denys Dmytriyenko , Gabor FUNK , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Jim Paris Tejun Heo wrote: > Denys Dmytriyenko wrote: .. >> Mar 14 23:51:55 [kernel] ata3: failed to read log page 10h (errno=-2) >> Mar 14 23:51:55 [kernel] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x1 SAct 0x3f SErr 0x0 action 0x0 >> Mar 14 23:51:55 [kernel] ata3.00: irq_stat 0x00020002, device error via SDB FIS > > This one is different. The drive reported device error but the driver > couldn't get more information about the error (log page 10h contains it). .. That, is one of the known errata that has yet to be fixed in the driver. The READ LOG EXT command cannot be used in the normal fashion after an NCQ error. I've been waiting for more information for a couple of weeks from Marvell, and now have the necessary info. I don't think it will be fixed in 2.6.25, though -- the workaround may be rather complex. We'll see.. depends how things go this week. Cheers