From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752929Ab1AYJRT (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:17:19 -0500 Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:53677 "HELO mailout-de.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751708Ab1AYJRR convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:17:17 -0500 X-Authenticated: #5108953 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX190s/oSQat0B+c5pP3OW2xqW+Aegd3wSFsktClXNB RBmpykM1kbXjtc From: Toralf =?utf-8?q?F=C3=B6rster?= To: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: libata EH running when switching VTs Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:17:12 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.37; KDE/4.4.5; i686; ; ) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ide , Jens Rutschmann References: <201101221625.00775.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> <201101221831.09448.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> <4D3E2612.2060808@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D3E2612.2060808@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: <201101251017.13164.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Robert Hancock wrote at 02:23:30 > On 01/22/2011 11:31 AM, Toralf Förster wrote: > >>> I'm wondering why I get this in /var/log/messages w/ kernel 2.6.37 when > >>> I switch from VT7 (running xorg ) to VT12 (or 1 or 2 or another > >>> number) and back: > Curious, there seems to be no indication of why EH was triggered, > doesn't seem to be have been due to an error. Does this also happen in > single-user mode or with minimal processes running? It's possible that > userspace is triggering this somehow. It happens only, when I switch to the VT7 _and_ X is running there. It dos not happen when switching only between straight consoles like from VT1 to VT2 or so. BTW I Cc'ed Jens which have a similar problem with his ThinkPad T61: >Hi Toralf, > >I saw lines similar to yours as well on my T61 during boot. It does not occur >when switching VTs. > >When I switch VTs as you described I get this in dmesg though: > >[ 491.372673] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >[ 491.372677] ata1: EH complete >[ 491.680387] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: discard,commit=0 >[ 491.683110] EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: discard,commit=0 > >This is with a vanilla 2.6.37 -- MfG/Kind regards Toralf Förster pgp finger print: 7B1A 07F4 EC82 0F90 D4C2 8936 872A E508 7DB6 9DA3