Hi Tejun, Setting the timeout to 15 did not help, either :-(. All your patches are still in, of course. Regards Harri ======================================================================= kern.log says: May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0xad data 2052 in May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: res 40/00:02:00:08:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: ata2: soft resetting port May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: CLASSIFY TF 00/01:01:01:14:eb/a0 <6>ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: ata2.00: XXX: IDENTIFY May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 00: 3b38 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 08: edbe 8013 9ed8 33cd d8a0 cd9e a033 9ed8 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 10: 33cd d8a0 cd9e a033 bef8 13ed f880 befc May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 18: b021 9ed8 33cd acd3 beea e37c cc88 50a9 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 20: d7c4 bbfa d733 edb0 3ebe c9b8 deff a033 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 28: 9ed8 33cd d8a0 cd9e a033 9ed8 33cd f880 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 30: edbe 8f13 bef8 11ed fa80 edb8 8013 bef8 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 38: 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edb9 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 40: 8010 be80 1395 f8f8 edc6 8013 bef8 13ed May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 48: f880 edbe 8013 bef8 15ef f880 edd6 8053 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 50: bef8 13ed f880 adbe c013 bef8 13ed b880 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 58: e9b9 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 60: 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 68: 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 70: f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 78: bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 80: edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 88: 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 90: 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: 98: f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: a0: bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: a8: edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: b0: 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: b8: 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: c0: f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: c8: bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: d0: edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: d8: 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: e0: 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: e8: f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: f0: bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: f8: edbe 8013 bef8 13ed f880 edbe 8013 225d May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: ata2.00: failed to IDENTIFY (device reports illegal type, err_mask=0x0) May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: ata2.00: revalidation failed (errno=-22) May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: ata2.00: limiting speed to UDMA/33:PIO3 May 10 22:15:55 pluto kernel: ata2: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs May 10 22:16:00 pluto kernel: ata2: hard resetting port May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: CLASSIFY TF 00/01:01:01:14:eb/a0 <6>ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: ata2.00: XXX: IDENTIFY May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 00: 85c0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 08: 0000 0000 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 10: 2020 2020 2020 2020 0000 0000 0000 5342 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 18: 3032 2020 2020 5453 5354 636f 7270 4344 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 20: 2f44 5644 5720 5348 2d53 3138 3341 2020 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 28: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 30: 0000 0f00 0000 0200 0200 0006 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 38: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0007 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 40: 0003 0078 0078 0078 0078 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 48: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0602 0000 0068 0040 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 50: 0000 0000 0000 4000 4000 0000 0000 4000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 58: 0407 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 60: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 68: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 70: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 78: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 80: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 88: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 90: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: 98: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: a0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: a8: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: b0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: b8: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: c0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: c8: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: d0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: d8: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: e0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: e8: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: f0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: f8: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 9ca5 May 10 22:16:01 pluto kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 May 10 22:16:01 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