Hi,
On Monday 28 July 2008, Borislav Petkov wrote:
[...]
> [ 32.918048] ide_cmd_ioctl: args[0]: 0xb0, args[1]: 0x1, args[2]: 0xd5 args[3]: 0x1
> [ 32.918164] hdd: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> [ 32.918392] ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0
> [ 32.918491] hdd: drive not ready for command
> [ 32.918618] hdd: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> [ 32.918844] ide: failed opcode was: 0xea
> [ 32.918949] hdd: drive not ready for command
> ...
>
> and this is "caused" by
> ide-use-correct-data-phase-for-smart-read-data-log-in-ide_cmd_ioctl.patch. This
> happens, IMHO, because when you do ATA_CMD_SMART from userspace ioctl, one of
> the cases is that the tf->feature flags have values which are inconsistent with
> the ATA/ATAPI v.7 spec (6.54.5 SMART READ DATA):
>
> "If the device does not support this command, if SMART is disabled, or if the
> values in the Features, LBA Mid, or LBA High registers are invalid, the device
> shall return command aborted."
>
> For example this one:
>
> [ 30.499581] ide_cmd_ioctl: args[0]: 0xb0, args[1]: 0x1, args[2]: 0xd1 args[3]: 0x1
> [ 30.516111] hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
> [ 30.516387] ide: failed opcode was: 0xb0
>
> However, the case with the SMART_READ_LOG looks correct above: args[2] = 0xd5
> which is the tf->feature flag, cmd = 0xb0 (ATA_CMD_SMART). This one fails too, though.
Thanks for spotting it.
It seems that ide_cmd_ioctl() ->data_phase change is not as obvious as
I previously thought. Since the patch is quite low-prio (it prepares
the code for future changes) I just dropped it until we learn more about
the underlying issues.
Bart
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