Hrmmm,

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>>  >=20
>>  >  > > Jun 14 07:55:52 nigel-m2v kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on=
 port
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>>  >  > > 0x0001c807
>>  >  > > Jun 14 07:55:52 nigel-m2v kernel: ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on=
 port
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>>  >  > > 0x0001c807
>>  >=20
>>  > Unrelated to the other error, but I've been meaning to ask for a wh=
ile..
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>>  > If this is 'abnormal', why does every SATA box I've seen do it?
>>
>> *crickets*
>>
>> Should we check for this case explicitly, and not print this?
>>
>>  =20
>>    =20
> After I get the above errors, my entire SATA bus crashes and I need to
> hard reset the box ... not sure we can just ignore the errors?
>
>  =20

Appears even with the patch provided a few months ago I'm getting
freezes. Replaced the HDD & all cables, same errors ... especially
whilst doing heavy IO.

Can anyone shed some light?


ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd c8/00:00:9f:c9:cb/00:00:00:00:00/e1 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data
131072 in
         res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
ata2: soft resetting port
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd c8/00:00:9f:c9:cb/00:00:00:00:00/e1 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data
131072 in
         res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
ata2: soft resetting port
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd c8/00:00:9f:c9:cb/00:00:00:00:00/e1 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data
131072 in
         res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
ata2: soft resetting port
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: limiting speed to UDMA/100:PIO4
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd c8/00:00:9f:c9:cb/00:00:00:00:00/e1 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data
131072 in
         res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
ata2: soft resetting port
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd c8/00:00:9f:c9:cb/00:00:00:00:00/e1 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data
131072 in
         res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
ata2: soft resetting port
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd c8/00:00:9f:c9:cb/00:00:00:00:00/e1 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data
131072 in
         res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
ata2: soft resetting port
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
sd 3:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code =3D 0x08000002
sda: Current [descriptor]: sense key=3D0xb
    ASC=3D0x0 ASCQ=3D0x0
Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
        72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
        00 00 00 00
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 30132639
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd c8/00:00:9f:ca:cb/00:00:00:00:00/e1 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data
131072 in
         res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
ata2: soft resetting port
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: limiting speed to UDMA/33:PIO4
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd c8/00:00:9f:ca:cb/00:00:00:00:00/e1 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data
131072 in
         res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
ata2: soft resetting port
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd c8/00:00:9f:ca:cb/00:00:00:00:00/e1 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data
131072 in
         res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
ata2: soft resetting port
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
ata2: EH complete
ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata2.00: cmd c8/00:00:9f:ca:cb/00:00:00:00:00/e1 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data
131072 in
         res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
ata2: soft resetting port
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001c807
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
ata2: EH complete