From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: Assistance with error Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:41:33 -0600 Message-ID: <4922FE4D.30700@shaw.ca> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:50134 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752318AbYKRRlx (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:41:53 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1L2UaD-0007sO-KD for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:41:49 +0000 Received: from s0106000c41bb86e1.ss.shawcable.net ([70.76.47.20]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:41:49 +0000 Received: from hancockr by s0106000c41bb86e1.ss.shawcable.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:41:49 +0000 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Rusty Conover wrote: > Hello Linux IDE Guys, > > I'm encountering this error after a few days of decent load on the disks: > > ata4.00: exception Emask 0x40 SAct 0x1 SErr 0x80800 action 0x6 frozen > ata4: SError: { HostInt 10B8B } > ata4.00: cmd 61/58:00:8d:40:08/00:00:01:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 45056 out > res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x44 (timeout) > ata4.00: status: { DRDY } > ata4: hard resetting link > ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 > ata4: EH complete > sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) > sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off > sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > sd 3:0:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't > support DPO or FUA > ata4.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x1 SErr 0x480900 action 0x6 frozen > ata4.00: irq_stat 0x08000000, interface fatal error > ata4: SError: { UnrecovData HostInt 10B8B Handshk } > ata4.00: cmd 61/08:00:fd:41:08/00:00:01:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 4096 out > res 40/00:00:fd:41:08/00:00:01:00:00/40 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error) > ata4.00: status: { DRDY } > ata4: hard resetting link .. > Its always on the same device sdd, I've swapped out the physical disks > and the error persists. Do you have any ideas what the cause could be? > I've checked connections, could it be a bad SATA cable? Quite possibly. The errors indicate a bunch of problems on the SATA link between the disk and the controller. > > The full dmesg output is available at: > > http://www.infogears.com/disk-failure.log > > Kernel is: > > Linux version 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686.PAE (mockbuild@) (gcc version 4.3.0 > 20080428 (Red Hat 4.3.0-8) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Oct 17 1 > 4:38:28 EDT 2008 > > The FAQ mentions power issues being a possibility but I'm not sure if > there is a way to tell if that is the cause since it it always the same > device in a 6 device array. If it's always the same device that seems a bit less likely, but I wouldn't rule that out either (maybe that drive is more sensitive, or it's on the end of the chain from the power supply, etc.)