From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: libata problems Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:48:45 +0900 Message-ID: <4892CDED.6080302@kernel.org> References: <4880BDCD.4030104@gavsworld.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:55899 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751120AbYHAItN (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:49:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4880BDCD.4030104@gavsworld.net> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Gavin Cameron Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hello, Gavin. Gavin Cameron wrote: > I was hunting for a solution to my problem in the "known issues" section > of the Wiki - my problem being fully described here: > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=192186 > > Would you be able to shed any light on this problem? Do you require any > other information from me? > It's usually best to describe in the mail again as people (I :-) tend not to follow link to other forums. So, ATAPI PIO is timing out. I thought we had most of these problems ironed out by now. Can you please try 2.6.26 and post full kernel boot log and if it too fails the error messages? > Anyway, as a side issue, I read the first problem about frequent head > unloads and noticed it as another problem I have. So, as requested, > attached are the outputs of "dmidecode" and "hdparm" > > This is definitelly happening on my PC called "picard" and occasionally > happens on "kirk" and I'm not sure which drive(s) in "picard" so I've > attached both. I don't think it would happen on a custom made PC. Can you please post the result of "smartctl -a"? -- tejun