Paul Rolland wrote: >> If you leave it alone, does libata turn off NCQ and boot continues? > > boot continues, but I can't tell anything about libata turning of NCQ... > I've had a bunch of them at some while while compiling some kernel, so it > was quite some time after booting. > > Is there a message I can check for that would indicate NCQ being turned > off ? The kernel says that NCQ is turned off due to excessive errors. If your HSM violation is intermittent, it might not trigger tho. -- tejun - To unsubscribe from this list: 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