Several threads that suggest this message is related to poor NCQ support, but I did not see any for this drive. It's a Western Digital WD1500ADFD-00NLR1. Is this the same thing, and should this drive be blacklisted? ata1.00: exception Emask 0x2 SAct 0x1f1 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen ata1.00: spurious completions during NCQ issue=0x0 SAct=0x1f1 FIS=004040a1:00000008 ata1.00: cmd 61/10:00:90:d3:e8/00:00:0a:00:00/40 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 8192 out res 40/00:08:80:fc:34/00:00:04:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) ata1.00: cmd 61/40:20:8e:2e:b8/00:00:06:00:00/40 tag 4 cdb 0x0 data 32768 out res 40/00:08:80:fc:34/00:00:04:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) ata1.00: cmd 61/40:28:ce:2e:b8/00:00:06:00:00/40 tag 5 cdb 0x0 data 32768 out res 40/00:08:80:fc:34/00:00:04:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) ata1.00: cmd 61/40:30:0e:2f:b8/00:00:06:00:00/40 tag 6 cdb 0x0 data 32768 out res 40/00:08:80:fc:34/00:00:04:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) ata1.00: cmd 61/40:38:4e:2f:b8/00:00:06:00:00/40 tag 7 cdb 0x0 data 32768 out res 40/00:08:80:fc:34/00:00:04:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) ata1.00: cmd 61/40:40:8e:2f:b8/00:00:06:00:00/40 tag 8 cdb 0x0 data 32768 out res 40/00:08:80:fc:34/00:00:04:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) ata1: soft resetting port ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 ata1: EH complete I've attached hdparm -I output. Thanks, Jeff Garrett
/dev/sda: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: WDC WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 Serial Number: WD-WMAP41106896 Firmware Revision: 20.07P20 Standards: Used: ATA/ATAPI-7 published, ANSI INCITS 397-2005 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: 293046768 device size with M = 1024*1024: 143089 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 150039 MBytes (150 GB) Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) Queue depth: 32 Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, with device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16 Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 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 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 * 64-bit World wide name * SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s) * Native Command Queueing (NCQ) * Phy event counters DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization * Software settings preservation * SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set * SCT Long Sector Access (AC1) * SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2) * SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3) * SCT Features Control (AC4) * SCT Data Tables (AC5) unknown 206[12] Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked frozen not expired: security count not supported: enhanced erase Checksum: correct