From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2992645AbXDROgZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:36:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S2992651AbXDROgY (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:36:24 -0400 Received: from shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net ([24.71.223.10]:31527 "EHLO pd3mo3so.prod.shaw.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2992645AbXDROgW (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:36:22 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:35:53 -0600 From: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: add Samsung HD401LJ to the NCQ blacklist In-reply-to: To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: max@duempel.org Message-id: <46262CC9.7080909@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Max Kellermann wrote: > Yet another hard drive which doesn't seem to get NCQ right. > > ata1: EH in ADMA mode, notifier 0x0 notifier_error 0x0 gen_ctl > 0x1501000 status 0x400 next cpb count 0xB next cpb idx 0x0 > [...] > ata1: timeout waiting for ADMA IDLE, stat=0x400 > ata1: timeout waiting for ADMA LEGACY, stat=0x400 > ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x3fff SErr 0x200000 action 0x2 > frozen > [...] > ata1: soft resetting port Don't know if I noticed this before, but the controller seems to be reporting an SError, looks like a link layer CRC error. This could be a potential symptom of the drive and controller just not getting along, but you might want to try a different SATA cable as well. -- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from hancockr@nospamshaw.ca Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/