Re: ATA bus error with external hd on esata

[Zsolt Barat <zsolt@softmonsters.com>]

Zsolt Barat schrieb:
> hi list,
> i just bought a "MyBook" called external HD with a fixed enclosure, from
> WD. Connected to the SATA port i constantly get "ATA bus error" messages
> in the kernel log. Is this a known issue?
>
> /var/log/messages:
> Dec 15 18:37:53 proto1 ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0
> action 0x2
> Dec 15 18:37:53 proto1 ata2.00: irq_stat 0x40000001
> Dec 15 18:37:53 proto1 ata2.00: cmd 35/00:e0:a7:d2:01/00:01:33:00:00/e0
> tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 245760 out
> Dec 15 18:37:53 proto1 res 51/84:00:86:d4:01/00:00:33:00:00/e0 Emask
> 0x10 (ATA bus error)
> Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 ata2: soft resetting port
> Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl
> 310)
> Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
> Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 ata2: EH complete
> Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware
> sectors (500108 MB)
> Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
> Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read
> cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0
> action 0x2
> Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2.00: irq_stat 0x40000001
> Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2.00: cmd 35/00:80:bf:09:14/00:01:33:00:00/e0
> tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 196608 out
> Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 res 51/84:00:3e:0b:14/00:00:33:00:00/e0 Emask
> 0x10 (ATA bus error)
> Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2: soft resetting port
> Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl
> 310)
> Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
> Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2: EH complete
> Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware
> sectors (500108 MB)
> Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
> Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read
> cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
>
> lspci:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7910
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7912
> 00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7917
> 00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
> 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
> 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
> 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
> 00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
> 00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
> 00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
> 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 SMBus (rev 13)
> 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
> 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Azalia
> 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
> 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to PCI Bridge
> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> HyperTransport Technology Configuration
> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> Address Map
> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> DRAM Controller
> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> Miscellaneous Control
> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1200 Series
> 01:05.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1200 Series Audio
> Controller
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
> 03:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host
> Controller (rev c0)
>
> thanks and best regards
>
> zsolt
>   
sorry, kernel version is: 2.6.23-gentoo-r1