Mark Lord wrote: > MMm.. probably "barrier" commands that the drive doesn't like. > Pity those messages don't also dump the failed opcode. For me: smartctl -data -o on /dev/sda produces this on 2.6.17-rc5 (I thought the opcode patch went into 2.6.17...) ata1: PIO error ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00 ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } ata1: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } ata1: PIO error ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00 ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } ata1: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } ata1: PIO error ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00 ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } ata1: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } ata1: PIO error ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00 ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } ata1: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } ata1: PIO error ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00 ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } ata1: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } ata1: PIO error ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00 ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } ata1: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } David > >> Jun 20 03:14:20 p34 kernel: [4339456.678000] ata3: status=0x51 { >> DriveReady SeekComplete Error } >> Jun 20 03:14:20 p34 kernel: [4339456.678000] ata3: error=0x04 { >> DriveStatusError } >> Jun 20 03:20:27 p34 kernel: [4339823.900000] ata3: status=0x51 { >> DriveReady SeekComplete Error } >> Jun 20 03:20:27 p34 kernel: [4339823.900000] ata3: error=0x04 { >> DriveStatusError } >> Jun 20 03:36:44 p34 kernel: [4340801.772000] ata3: no sense >> translation for status: 0x51 >> Jun 20 03:36:44 p34 kernel: [4340801.772000] ata3: status=0x51 { >> DriveReady SeekComplete Error } >> Jun 20 03:41:04 p34 kernel: [4341061.844000] ata3: no sense >> translation for status: 0x51 >> Jun 20 03:41:04 p34 kernel: [4341061.844000] ata3: status=0x51 { >> DriveReady SeekComplete Error } >> Jun 20 03:46:27 p34 kernel: [4341384.974000] ata3: no sense >> translation for status: 0x51 >> Jun 20 03:46:27 p34 kernel: [4341384.974000] ata3: status=0x51 { >> DriveReady SeekComplete Error } - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html