Hi Guys, I keep seeing this, usually during periods of disk usage (vs idle): ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x7ff SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen ata3.00: cmd 60/08:00:3f:5e:37/00:00:03:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 4096 in res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata3.00: status: { DRDY } ata3.00: cmd 60/08:08:5f:ee:e1/00:00:1e:00:00/40 tag 1 ncq 4096 in res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata3.00: status: { DRDY } ata3.00: cmd 60/08:10:3f:ce:ee/00:00:1e:00:00/40 tag 2 ncq 4096 in res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata3.00: status: { DRDY } ata3.00: cmd 60/08:18:3f:fa:03/00:00:1f:00:00/40 tag 3 ncq 4096 in res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata3.00: status: { DRDY } ata3.00: cmd 60/08:20:47:ea:2e/00:00:02:00:00/40 tag 4 ncq 4096 in res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata3.00: status: { DRDY } ata3.00: cmd 60/08:28:ef:ab:2f/00:00:02:00:00/40 tag 5 ncq 4096 in res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata3.00: status: { DRDY } ata3.00: cmd 60/08:30:0f:60:02/00:00:03:00:00/40 tag 6 ncq 4096 in res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata3.00: status: { DRDY } ata3.00: cmd 60/f8:38:df:0e:5c/00:00:19:00:00/40 tag 7 ncq 126976 in res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata3.00: status: { DRDY } ata3.00: cmd 60/68:40:d7:0f:5c/00:00:19:00:00/40 tag 8 ncq 53248 in res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata3.00: status: { DRDY } ata3.00: cmd 60/f8:48:3f:fa:5a/00:00:19:00:00/40 tag 9 ncq 126976 in res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata3.00: status: { DRDY } ata3.00: cmd 60/f8:50:37:fb:5a/00:00:19:00:00/40 tag 10 ncq 126976 in res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata3.00: status: { DRDY } ata3: hard resetting link ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 ata3: EH complete sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 586072368 512-byte hardware sectors (300069 MB) sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA It also occurs on ata4 which is a 320G disk. So its not specific to a disk, however I havn't seen it on ata0 or ata1 so it could be something about the controller??!? Kernel 2.6.23.3 AMD 4850E processor, 2GB of DDR2 Mobo: Asus M3N-H (Nvidia 8300 based) Disks: 1x 40G IDE, 3x 300G Seagate SATA, 1x 320G Seagate SATA lspci -v: 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0754 (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 075c (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation Device 0752 (rev a1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 11 I/O ports at fc00 [size=64] I/O ports at 1c00 [size=64] I/O ports at 1c40 [size=64] Capabilities: <access denied> 00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0751 (rev a1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation Device 0753 (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7 Memory at fdf80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] 00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0568 (rev a1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Device 077b (rev a1) (prog-if 10) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7 Memory at fe02f000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Device 077c (rev a1) (prog-if 20) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5 Memory at fe02e000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Device 077d (rev a1) (prog-if 10) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10 Memory at fe02d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Device 077e (rev a1) (prog-if 20) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 Memory at fe02c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Device 0759 (rev a1) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] I/O ports at f000 [size=16] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: AMD_IDE 00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0774 (rev a1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82fe Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7 Memory at fe020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 075a (rev a1) (prog-if 01) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff Memory behind bridge: f8000000-fcffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fde00000-fdefffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Device 0ad0 (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8] I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4] I/O ports at 0970 [size=8] I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4] I/O ports at dc00 [size=16] Memory at fe026000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ahci 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0760 (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 15 Memory at fe02b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] I/O ports at d800 [size=8] Memory at fe02a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Memory at fe029000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: forcedeth 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 0569 (rev a1) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff Memory behind bridge: f6000000-f7ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000efffffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 0778 (rev a1) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff Memory behind bridge: fdd00000-fddfffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fdc00000-00000000fdcfffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:12.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 075b (rev a1) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff Memory behind bridge: fdb00000-fdbfffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fda00000-00000000fdafffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:13.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 077a (rev a1) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff Memory behind bridge: fd900000-fd9fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fd800000-00000000fd8fffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:14.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 077a (rev a1) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00007000-00007fff Memory behind bridge: fd700000-fd7fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fd600000-00000000fd6fffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration Flags: fast devsel Capabilities: <access denied> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map Flags: fast devsel 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller Flags: fast devsel 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control Flags: fast devsel Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: k8temp 01:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05) Subsystem: LeadTek Research Inc. Device 665f Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: cx8800 Kernel modules: cx8800 01:08.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05) Subsystem: LeadTek Research Inc. Device 665f Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 Memory at f9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: cx88-mpeg driver manager Kernel modules: cx8802 01:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05) Subsystem: DViCO Corporation Device db10 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: cx8800 Kernel modules: cx8800 01:09.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05) Subsystem: DViCO Corporation Device db10 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: cx88-mpeg driver manager Kernel modules: cx8802 01:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 70) (prog-if 10) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8294 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 Memory at fcfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> 01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1011 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 Memory at fcfc0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] I/O ports at cc00 [size=64] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: e1000 01:0b.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1011 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 Memory at fcfa0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] I/O ports at c800 [size=64] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: e1000 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0848 (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82e2 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Memory at ee000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] I/O ports at bc00 [size=128] [virtual] Expansion ROM at e8000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia -- 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