Re: SATA Hotplug fails

[john wendel <jwendel10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/19/2009 01:54 AM, John Austin wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 21:19 -0700, john wendel wrote:
> > I've got a WD external drive with an e-sata connection. Works fine if I
> > boot with it connected/powered.
> >
> > If I hot plug it, I see the following in the messages log
> >
> > Jun 18 21:09:35 godzilla2 kernel: ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0
> > SErr 0x4050000 action 0xe frozen
> > Jun 18 21:09:35 godzilla2 kernel: ata1: irq_stat 0x00400040, connection
> > status changed
> > Jun 18 21:09:35 godzilla2 kernel: ata1: SError: { PHYRdyChg CommWake
> > DevExch }
> > Jun 18 21:09:35 godzilla2 kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
> > Jun 18 21:09:41 godzilla2 kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please
> > be patient (ready=0)
> > Jun 18 21:09:45 godzilla2 kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
> > Jun 18 21:09:45 godzilla2 kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
> > Jun 18 21:09:46 godzilla2 kernel: ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus
> > 123 SControl 300)
> > Jun 18 21:09:46 godzilla2 kernel: ata1.00: applying link speed limit
> > horkage to 1.5 Gbps
> > Jun 18 21:09:51 godzilla2 kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
> > Jun 18 21:09:51 godzilla2 kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus
> > 113 SControl 310)
> > Jun 18 21:09:52 godzilla2 kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
> > Jun 18 21:09:52 godzilla2 kernel: ata1: EH complete
> >
> > I don't get a device created in /dev.
> >
> > I'm running the lastest F11 32 bit
> >
> > Linux godzilla2 2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586 #1 SMP Wed May 27 17:14:37 EDT
> > 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> >
> > Any words of wisdom (other than "don't do that") ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John
>
> I have two F11 machines that hotplug eSATA OK
> In the back of my mind I seem to remember you have to set the BIOS to
> SATA mode AHCI
>
> I also hack PolicyKit so normal user can mount "fixed" disks
>
> nedit /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf so ja can mount disks OR Use
> Xfce/Settings/Authorisations
>
> <config
> version="0.1">
> <match
> action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.*">
>      <return
> result="yes"/>
> </match>
> </config>
>
> I use pcmanfm as file manager when I'm playing with eSATA
> as all disks (USB and eSATA) are shown and can be mounted/unmounted
> Neither dolphin or thunar get it quite right yet
>
> John

Thanks for the tip. I'll save it in case hotplug ever works.

I think my problem is a bug in the ICH7 chipset Sata controller.

Regards,

John

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