Peter Teoh wrote: > Just found this error in the dmesg: > > > ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa0) > ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:08:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 pio 16392 in > cdb 4a 01 00 00 10 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > res 51/04:01:01:14:eb/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x5 (timeout) > ata2.00: status: { DRDY ERR } > ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) > ata2: device not ready (errno=-16), forcing hardreset > ata2: soft resetting link > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 > ata2: EH complete > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready > eth1: no IPv6 routers present > ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 > ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 > cdb 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > res 51/20:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x1 (device error) > ata2.00: status: { DRDY ERR } > ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa0) > ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 > cdb 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > res 51/20:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x5 (timeout) > ata2.00: status: { DRDY ERR } > ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) > ata2: device not ready (errno=-16), forcing hardreset > ata2: soft resetting link > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 > ata2: EH complete > sr 1:0:0:0: ioctl_internal_command return code = 8000002 > : Sense Key : No Sense [current] > : Add. Sense: No additional sense information > > > Any clues to these messages? > > Yes, I got messages "device not ready (errno=-16)" with 2.6.26-rcX (seems and with 2.6.25-rcX) on system startup. When has been disconnected old DVD/CD-RW drive (it can write on speed 14x max, may be optics crashed), booting process normal. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html