From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933211AbWFXHlc (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:41:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933212AbWFXHlc (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:41:32 -0400 Received: from aa001msr.fastwebnet.it ([85.18.95.64]:33766 "EHLO aa001msr.fastwebnet.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933211AbWFXHlb (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:41:31 -0400 Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:36:59 +0200 From: Paolo Ornati To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Hamish , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: SATA hangs... Message-ID: <20060624093659.7bc2a4a0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <449C6023.9010204@garzik.org> References: <200606232134.42231.hamish@travellingkiwi.com> <449C6023.9010204@garzik.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.3.0-rc3 (GTK+ 2.8.17; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:41:55 -0400 Jeff Garzik wrote: > > I'm having problems with a SATA drive on an ASUS A8V deluxe > > motherboard under kernel 2.6.17... In fact it's happened under > > every (Vanilla) kernel I've ever run on this server (Back to 2.6.14). > > (It's just over a year old. It didn't used to experience the same load > > as it does now, so I'm currently assuming it's load related... I think I've hit something similar yesterday, with 2.6.17.1... It's happened just after I've hit "Enter" to log in with KDM (--> KDE), other services were starting in background (network, spamassassin) --> high disk load. I don't remember the exact messages but I'm pretty sure that every disk access failed. After a brutal reboot (Alt + SysRq + B) I've got these problems very early (when ext3 was trying (and failing) to replay journal). I was already thinking about an hardware failure, then I've tried powering off/on and voilą... everything worked again. I don't know much more because it's happened just once, and maybe it was just a temporary hardware failure. Anyway... MB: Asus K8V SE Delux (Via K8T800) SATA disk: Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 80GB tux paolo # lspci -vvv 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8385 [K8T800 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 01) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8V Deluxe/K8V-X motherboard Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- Reset- FastB2B- Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Asus) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR-