On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:32:22 +0200 Enrico Sardi <enricoss@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I found the following messages in the kernel log:
> ---------------------------------
>
> [ 45.288000] set_level status: 0
> [ 45.572000] set_level status: 0
> [ 45.740000] set_level status: 0
> [ 46.820000] set_level status: 0
> [ 47.092000] set_level status: 0
> [ 61.176000] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x2 SAct 0x2 SErr 0x0 action 0x2
> frozen
> [ 61.176000] ata1.00: (spurious completions during NCQ issue=0x0
> SAct=0x2 FIS=005040a1:00000004)
> [ 61.176000] ata1.00: cmd 60/08:08:37:cc:00/00:00:0c:00:00/40 tag 1
> cdb 0x0 data 4096 in
> [ 61.176000] res 50/00:08:27:3c:ed/00:00:0b:00:00/40 Emask
> 0x2 (HSM violation)
> [ 61.488000] ata1: soft resetting port
> [ 61.660000] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> [ 61.660000] ata1.00: ata_hpa_resize 1: sectors = 312581808,
> hpa_sectors = 312581808
> [ 61.660000] ata1.00: ata_hpa_resize 1: sectors = 312581808,
> hpa_sectors = 312581808
> [ 61.660000] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
> [ 61.660000] ata1: EH complete
> [ 61.660000] SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB)
> [ 61.660000] sda: Write Protect is off
> [ 61.660000] sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
> [ 61.660000] SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache:
> enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> [ 101.972000] set_level status: 0
> [ 102.200000] set_level status: 0
> [ 102.404000] set_level status: 0
> [ 103.284000] set_level status: 0
> [ 103.476000] set_level status: 0
> [ 103.912000] set_level status: 0
> [ 104.284000] set_level status: 0
> [ 104.660000] set_level status: 0
> [ 113.576000] set_level status: 0
> [ 559.020000] set_level status: 0
> [ 559.476000] set_level status: 0
> [ 559.632000] set_level status: 0
> [ 561.744000] set_level status: 0
> [ 563.560000] set_level status: 0
> [ 564.224000] set_level status: 0
> [ 564.688000] set_level status: 0
> [ 567.096000] set_level status: 0
> [ 567.712000] set_level status: 0
> [ 569.060000] set_level status: 0
> [ 569.524000] set_level status: 0
> [ 569.828000] set_level status: 0
> [ 570.204000] set_level status: 0
> [ 570.504000] set_level status: 0
> [ 571.724000] set_level status: 0
> [ 572.012000] set_level status: 0
> [ 572.360000] set_level status: 0
> [ 572.696000] set_level status: 0
> [ 573.016000] set_level status: 0
> [ 574.092000] set_level status: 0
> [ 574.348000] set_level status: 0
> [ 604.476000] set_level status: 0
> [ 604.764000] set_level status: 0
> [ 605.048000] set_level status: 0
> [ 605.244000] set_level status: 0
> [ 605.400000] set_level status: 0
> [ 605.540000] set_level status: 0
> [ 605.688000] set_level status: 0
> [ 606.528000] set_level status: 0
> [ 606.820000] set_level status: 0
> [ 608.336000] set_level status: 0
>
It's not obvious (to me) whether this is a driver bug, a hardware bug,
expected-normal-behaviour or what - those diagnostics (which we get to
see distressingly frequently) are pretty obscure.
That great spew of "set_level status: 0" is fairly annoying and useless.
Quite a lot has changed since 2.6.20. Are you able to test, say,
2.6.22-rc5?
>
> This is the result of hdparm -I /dev/sda:
>
>
> /dev/sda:
>
> ATA device, with non-removable media
> Model Number: Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00
> Serial Number: SB2461***V3AWE
> Firmware Revision: SB4OC70P
> Standards:
> Used: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1
> Supported: 7 6 5 4
> Configuration:
> Logical max current
> cylinders 16383 16383
> heads 16 16
> sectors/track 63 63
> --
> CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
> LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
> LBA48 user addressable sectors: 312581808
> device size with M = 1024*1024: 152627 MBytes
> device size with M = 1000*1000: 160041 MBytes (160 GB)
> Capabilities:
> LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
> Queue depth: 32
> Standby timer values: spec'd by Vendor, no device specific minimum
> R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
> Advanced power management level: 128 (0x80)
> Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
> DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
> Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
> PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
> Commands/features:
> Enabled Supported:
> * SMART feature set
> Security Mode feature set
> * Power Management feature set
> * Write cache
> * Look-ahead
> * Host Protected Area feature set
> * WRITE_BUFFER command
> * READ_BUFFER command
> * NOP cmd
> * DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
> * Advanced Power Management feature set
> Power-Up In Standby feature set
> * SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up
> SET_MAX security extension
> Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
> * 48-bit Address feature set
> * Device Configuration Overlay feature set
> * Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
> * FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
> * SMART error logging
> * SMART self-test
> * General Purpose Logging feature set
> * WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
> * 64-bit World wide name
> * IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD
> * SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
> * Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
> * Host-initiated interface power management
> * Phy event counters
> Non-Zero buffer offsets in DMA Setup FIS
> DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
> Device-initiated interface power management
> In-order data delivery
> * Software settings preservation
> Security:
> Master password revision code = 65534
> supported
> not enabled
> not locked
> frozen
> not expired: security count
> not supported: enhanced erase
> 82min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
> Checksum: correct
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>
> I'm using Ubuntu feisty fawn (2.6.20-16-generic) on an Acer Travelmate
> 6292 (Santa Rosa).
>
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