Re: Errors on ICH10R with Seagate HDDs

[Thomas Jackowski <aXe@hadiko.de>]

Hey,

some additional information (2.6.26-1) and ata_piix:
[653158.828848] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 
0x6 frozen
[653158.828856] ata3.00: cmd e5/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0
[653158.828857]          res 40/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 
0x4 (timeout)
[653158.828860] ata3.00: status: { DRDY }
[653158.828868] ata3: hard resetting link
[653159.331110] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[653159.355648] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[653159.355666] ata3: EH complete
[653159.371885] sd 2:0:0:0: [sde] 1953523055 512-byte hardware sectors 
(1000204 MB)
[653159.374081] sd 2:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off
[653159.374081] sd 2:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[653159.390212] sd 2:0:0:0: [sde] Write cache: enabled, read cache: 
enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA

I tried 2.6.29 and I had no outputs in kernel.log with AHCI and w/o NCQ. 
But my system still had hiccups (system hangs for a second) so I am not 
sure if there was just no output to kernel.log (due using debian 
unstable kernel with eventually mysterious options).

I will observe this and report if any error occurs again.

Bye Thomas

Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Thomas Jackowski wrote:
>> yes this was AHCI. NCQ was enabled. I forgot to mention kernel version:
>> 2.6.26-1-amd64 (Debian Lenny)
> 
> Can you please try 2.6.29?
> 
>> So here is my test:
>> Enabled AHCI in BIOS.
>>
>> [    0.000000] Command line: root=/dev/md1 ro libata.force=noncq
>> [    0.000000] Kernel command line: root=/dev/md1 ro libata.force=noncq
>> [...]
>> [    3.237941] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0200 32 slots 6 ports 3 Gbps
>> 0x3f impl SATA mode
>> [    3.238000] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq sntf stag pm led clo
>> pmp pio slum part
>>
>> Ah, NCQ still activated.
>> /sys/block/sdc/device/queue_depth shows 31.
>>
>> I guess NCQ still activated even with libata.force=noncq ?
> 
> Well, if the module is loaded from initrd, you need to jump through
> some loops to get the parameter passed to libata.ko.  You can also
> disable NCQ by echoing 1 to queue_depth.
> 
>> Now here is my second test: Disabled AHCI in BIOS.
>>
>> ata_piix is used now. Did some IO, can't force any freezes.
>>
>> In the meantime I found topics like this:
>> http://forums.seagate.com/stx/board/message?board.id=ata_drives&thread.id=2879&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
>>
>> This looks like a firmware bug. I think I should contact Seagate ;) or
>> any other ideas?
> 
> Hmmm... please verify with ahci w/o NCQ.  If that works fine too,
> please go ahead and contact Seagate.
> 
> Thanks.
>