Hi! On ubuntu bug tracker, there's some bug reports about DVD drives that don't respond anymore. The affected drives are: PLEXTOR DVDR PX-740A BENQ DVD DD DW1620 PHILIPS DVDR14P SS-SAMSUNG SCR-3232 Matsushita SR-8584-B (for now) the error message is : hda: status error: error=0x00 { } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: drive not ready for command hda: status error: status 0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } more details on the ubuntu bug-tracker: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179336 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182996 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181561 I bisect to find out where the bug was and I found that this commit is: b140b99c413ce410197cfcd4014e757cd745226a is first bad commit commit b140b99c413ce410197cfcd4014e757cd745226a Author: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat Oct 13 17:47:51 2007 +0200 ide: change master/slave IDENTIFY order Need to probe slave device first to make it release PDIAG- (this is required for correct device side cable detection). Based on libata commit f31f0cc2f0b7527072d94d02da332d9bb8d7d94c. Thanks to Craig for testing this patch. Cc: Craig Block <chblock3@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> :040000 040000 fa17f9e66a6e551184b1ec00049cea6fb87f7a1c 89a175312afe235fbdb04a3a593a4b981bdd9188 M drivers The bisect log is: git-bisect start # good: [bbf25010f1a6b761914430f5fca081ec8c7accd1] Linux 2.6.23 git-bisect good bbf25010f1a6b761914430f5fca081ec8c7accd1 # bad: [c9927c2bf4f45bb85e8b502ab3fb79ad6483c244] Linux 2.6.24-rc1 git-bisect bad c9927c2bf4f45bb85e8b502ab3fb79ad6483c244 # bad: [9ac52315d4cf5f561f36dabaf0720c00d3553162] sched: guest CPU accounting: add guest-CPU /proc/<pid>/stat fields git-bisect bad 9ac52315d4cf5f561f36dabaf0720c00d3553162 # good: [038a5008b2f395c85e6e71d6ddf3c684e7c405b0] Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 git-bisect good 038a5008b2f395c85e6e71d6ddf3c684e7c405b0 # good: [782e3b3b3804c38d5130c7f21d7ec7bf6709023f] Fix up more bio fallout git-bisect good 782e3b3b3804c38d5130c7f21d7ec7bf6709023f # good: [1b9778dae71dc64d3678d766c0f1fbed79c80f9f] KVM: Keep track of missed timer irq injections git-bisect good 1b9778dae71dc64d3678d766c0f1fbed79c80f9f # bad: [bcd11eaa222fce31d0b59cdbfdf9b8c47067f15a] Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 git-bisect bad bcd11eaa222fce31d0b59cdbfdf9b8c47067f15a # good: [c5d6471ff9172e4d8f7a5b484b459c56904ae1f0] fallout from DECLARE_MAC_BUF patches git-bisect good c5d6471ff9172e4d8f7a5b484b459c56904ae1f0 # good: [59d8235be2ab38ddaffbe9137385095a5e8b0a77] [JFFS2] Fix unpoint length git-bisect good 59d8235be2ab38ddaffbe9137385095a5e8b0a77 # good: [3749c66c67fb5c257771815c186bc32290cacf44] Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm git-bisect good 3749c66c67fb5c257771815c186bc32290cacf44 # bad: [b9d9e61abb85ecf4e4aa55328b21eac17840a3fb] sgiioc4: add missing ->dma_base check git-bisect bad b9d9e61abb85ecf4e4aa55328b21eac17840a3fb # good: [aedea5910ce44fea79e2c517bb22e0006372156f] ide-pmac: remove pmac_ide_do_setfeature() (take 2) git-bisect good aedea5910ce44fea79e2c517bb22e0006372156f # good: [249aa4ff1778b318346d8ba4a7fa62c169a29410] cs5535: check ide_config_drive_speed() return value git-bisect good 249aa4ff1778b318346d8ba4a7fa62c169a29410 # bad: [b140b99c413ce410197cfcd4014e757cd745226a] ide: change master/slave IDENTIFY order git-bisect bad b140b99c413ce410197cfcd4014e757cd745226a # good: [88b2b32babd46cd54d2de4d17eb869aea3383e11] ide: move ide_config_drive_speed() calls to upper layers (take 2) git-bisect good 88b2b32babd46cd54d2de4d17eb869aea3383e11 If you need me to do some more tests, just ask. regards, Richard Genoud. -- 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