linux-ide@momail.e4ward.com wrote:
> There's no error in dmesg output. But when I boot with a disk in the
> drive, I get the following errors in the boot screen:
> * Loading hardware devices
> [23.927373] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 1431744
> [23.927373] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 178968
> and then several more with just a different number in the square
> brackets. However, that does not seem to affect the operation of the
> drive.

Does the attached patch fix the problem?  Please do some data
integrity checks as it skips setxfermode on the drive.  If it's native
SATA, it probably should be okay but still it's way out of the spec.

Thanks.

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tejun