On Wednesday 14 May 2008 06:44:12 Tejun Heo wrote: > Tvrtko A. Ursulin wrote: > > On Tuesday 15 April 2008 04:10:57 Tejun Heo wrote: > >> Tvrtko A. Ursulin wrote: > >>> On Sunday 13 April 2008 04:11:15 Tejun Heo wrote: > >>>> Is auto spindown configured for the drive? > >>> > >>> I don't think so - it's a 3.5" drive with no special PM features - but > >>> how to tell? > >> > >> Hmm... Can you please post the result of "smartctl --version" and > >> "smartctl -a > out 2>&1" and dmesg after the smartctl command? > > > > Yep, pasted and attached below. dmesg is 67k, hope list is happy with > > that. > > Thanks for the data. Nothing really stands out tho. It looks like the > drive just doesn't like SMART commands 0xda and 0xd1. 0xda being a > mandatory non-data command, it failing due to driver problem is unlikely. > > Can you please post the result of "hdparm -I /dev/sda" and "lspci -nn"? Of course: root@sol:~# hdparm -I /dev/sda /dev/sda: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: WDC WD3200AAKS-00VYA0 Serial Number: WD-WCARW0059893 Firmware Revision: 12.01B02 Standards: Supported: 8 7 6 5 Likely used: 8 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: 625142448 device size with M = 1024*1024: 305245 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 320072 MBytes (320 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 = 0 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 * Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE * SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s) * SATA-II signaling speed (3.0Gb/s) * Native Command Queueing (NCQ) * Host-initiated interface power management * 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] (vendor specific) unknown 206[13] (vendor specific) Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked not frozen not expired: security count supported: enhanced erase 88min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 88min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT. Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50014ee1485655 NAA : 5 IEEE OUI : 14ee Unique ID : 1485655 Checksum: correct root@sol:~# lspci -nn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:07c1] (rev a2) 00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07cb] (rev a2) 00:01.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07cd] (rev a1) 00:01.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07ce] (rev a1) 00:01.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07cf] (rev a1) 00:01.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d0] (rev a1) 00:01.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d1] (rev a1) 00:01.5 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d2] (rev a1) 00:01.6 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d3] (rev a1) 00:02.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d6] (rev a1) 00:03.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:07d7] (rev a2) 00:03.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:07d8] (rev a1) 00:03.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:07d9] (rev a1) 00:03.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:07c8] (rev a1) 00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i [10de:07fe] (rev a1) 00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i [10de:056a] (rev a1) 00:08.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056c] (rev a1) 00:09.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP73 High Definition Audio [10de:07fc] (rev a1) 00:0a.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056d] (rev a1) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056e] (rev a1) 00:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056f] (rev a1) 00:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056f] (rev a1) 00:0e.0 SATA controller [0106]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i [10de:07f4] (rev a2) 00:0f.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation MCP73 Ethernet [10de:07dc] (rev a2) 00:10.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i [10de:07e1] (rev a2) 01:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8024] Tvrtko -- 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