From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S938550AbXHICmc (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2007 22:42:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761941AbXHICmZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2007 22:42:25 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:55590 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760963AbXHICmY (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2007 22:42:24 -0400 Message-ID: <46BA7F0F.4000009@garzik.org> Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:42:23 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ross Fawcett CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: sata_sil24 problems References: <46BA6E79.8090706@parkingdenied.com> <46BA7ACB.20706@garzik.org> <46BA7CFB.8020605@parkingdenied.com> In-Reply-To: <46BA7CFB.8020605@parkingdenied.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.9 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ross Fawcett wrote: > What would you define a media error as though? I mean my first thought > is a bad block, but a scan of the disc doesn't report anything like > that. It also seems to be intermittent, however recently it has been > reproducible. It's not mine to define. It's precisely what your device is reporting, no more, no less. My -guess- would be surface error, quickly replaced by a spare sector, but who knows. Run the '-t long' test in SMART, look at the various counters for signs of bad news like uncorrectable sectors, etc. Jeff