From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262488AbUE1MWV (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 May 2004 08:22:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262605AbUE1MTv (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 May 2004 08:19:51 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:35230 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262488AbUE1MSb (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 May 2004 08:18:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 14:18:23 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Gunther Persoons Cc: Ed Tomlinson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6.7-rc1-mm1] cant mount reiserfs using -o barrier=flush Message-ID: <20040528121822.GH20657@suse.de> References: <1085689455.7831.8.camel@localhost> <200405271928.33451.edt@aei.ca> <40B72886.3000507@spymac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40B72886.3000507@spymac.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 28 2004, Gunther Persoons wrote: > Hey, > > <>Following warnings only come when i mount with the option > barrier=flush, i have never seen them before. > hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > > Also this line clearly states that barrier doesn't work on my harddrive > although it's and IDE drive. > hda: barrier support doesn't work. error=0x04 is an aborted command, meaning it's not supported. So ide-disk dumps that message to the log (barrier support doesn't work) and turns it off. This is expected behaviour if your drive doesn't support cache flushing. -- Jens Axboe