Of course, An extract of the working kernel log, [4294670.795000] 0:<6>Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 [4294670.796000] 0:<6>ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx [4294670.797000] 0:Initializing Phoenix PCMCIA IDE... [4294670.798000] 0:Phoenix PCMCIA configured as IDE interface = 0 [4294670.799000] 0:<7>Probing IDE interface ide0... [4294671.058000] 0:hda: CF CARD 2GB, 0:CFA DISK drive [4294671.672000] 0:ide0 at 0xbd0001f1-0xbd0001f8,0xbd0003f7 on irq 210: [4294671.674000] 0:<6>hda: max request size: 128KiB [4294671.675000] 0:<6>hda: 3964464 sectors (2029 MB)0: w/1KiB Cache0:, CHS=3933/16/630: [4294671.679000] 0:<6> hda:0: hda10: [4294671.721000] 0:<7>sata_sil 0000:00:01.0: version 2.1 [4294671.722000] 0:<6>sata_sil 0000:00:01.0: Applying R_ERR on DMA activate FIS errata fix [4294671.723000] 0:<6>ata1: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xc0000080 ctl 0xc000008a bmdma 0xc0000000 irq 24 [4294671.724000] 0:<6>ata2: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xc00000c0 ctl 0xc00000ca bmdma 0xc0000008 irq 24 [4294671.725000] 0:<6>scsi0 : sata_sil [4294672.180000] 3:<6>ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) [4294672.205000] 3:<6>ata1.00: ATA-7: ST3160815AS, 4.AAB, max UDMA/133 [4294672.223000] 3:<6>ata1.00: 312581808 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) [4294672.248000] 3:<6>ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 [4294672.262000] 0:<6>scsi1 : sata_sil [4294672.567000] 3:<6>ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310) [4294672.585000] 0:<5>scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST3160815AS 4.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [4294672.586000] 0:<5>SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB) [4294672.587000] 0:<5>sda: Write Protect is off [4294672.588000] 0:<7>sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [4294672.589000] 0:<5>SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [4294672.590000] 0:<5>SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB) [4294672.591000] 0:<5>sda: Write Protect is off [4294672.592000] 0:<7>sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [4294672.593000] 0:<5>SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [4294672.594000] 0:<6> sda:0: sda10: sda20: sda30: sda40: [4294672.624000] 0:<5>sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda And the non working log, [4294670.790000] 0:<6>Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 [4294670.791000] 0:<6>ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx [4294670.792000] 0:Initializing Phoenix PCMCIA IDE... [4294670.793000] 0:Phoenix PCMCIA configured as IDE interface = 0 [4294670.794000] 0:<7>Probing IDE interface ide0... [4294671.053000] 0:hda: CF CARD 2GB, 0:CFA DISK drive [4294671.667000] 0:ide0 at 0xbd0001f1-0xbd0001f8,0xbd0003f7 on irq 210: [4294671.669000] 0:<6>hda: max request size: 128KiB [4294671.670000] 0:<6>hda: 3964464 sectors (2029 MB)0: w/1KiB Cache0:, CHS=3933/16/630: [4294671.674000] 0:<6> hda:0: hda10: [4294671.680000] 0:<7>sata_sil 0000:00:01.0: version 2.1 [4294671.681000] 0:<6>sata_sil 0000:00:01.0: Applying R_ERR on DMA activate FIS errata fix [4294671.682000] 0:<6>ata1: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xc0000080 ctl 0xc000008a bmdma 0xc0000000 irq 24 [4294671.683000] 0:<6>ata2: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xc00000c0 ctl 0xc00000ca bmdma 0xc0000008 irq 24 [4294671.684000] 0:<6>scsi0 : sata_sil [4294672.142000] 2:<6>ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) [4294672.165000] 2:<6>ata1.00: ATA-7: ST3160815AS, 4.AAB, max UDMA/133 [4294672.183000] 2:<6>ata1.00: 312581808 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) [4294672.208000] 2:<6>ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 [4294672.222000] 0:<6>scsi1 : sata_sil [4294672.526000] 2:<6>ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310) [4294672.544000] 0:<5>scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST3160815AS 4.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [4294672.545000] 0:<5>SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB) [4294672.546000] 0:<5>sda: Write Protect is off [4294672.547000] 0:<7>sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [4294672.548000] 0:<5>SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [4294672.549000] 0:<5>SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB) [4294672.550000] 0:<5>sda: Write Protect is off [4294672.551000] 0:<7>sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [4294672.552000] 0:<5>SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [4294672.553000] 0:<6> sda: < Added: Big pause around 10 secs> ********************************************* cpu_0 received a bus/cache error ********************************************* Bridge: Phys Addr = 0x0000000000, Device_AERR = 0x00000000 Bridge: The devices reporting AERR are: CPU: (XLR specific) Cache Error log = 0x0000007800004601, Phy Addr = 0x00f0000088 CPU: epc = 0x8340e324, errorepc = 0x835bccd4, cacheerr = 0x00000000 Can not handle bus/cache error - Halting cpu With some printks to follow the action: :<6> sda:0:msdos_partition: sector_size=1 0:read_dev_sector: mapping = 87946cac 0:__read_cache_page:cached_page=83a15580 0:read_cache_page: page=83a15580 0:lock_page 0:sync_page on mm/filemap.c 0:block_sync_page 0:blk_run_backing_dev() 0:blk_backing_dev_unplug() 0:scsi_request_fn 0:scsi_dispatch_cmd 0:ata_scsi_queuecmd 0:ata_scsi_translate 0:***ata_qc_prep*** 0:***ata_check_status*** 0:***ata_std_dev_select*** 0:***ata_check_status*** 0:***ata_check_status*** 0:***ata_tf_load 0:***ata_bmdma_setup*** 0:***ata_exec_command*** 0:***ata_bmdma_start*** 0:Dispatched cmd 8b64eba0 with rth 0 <PAUSE> 0:***sil_freeze()*** 0:***ata_bmdma_error_handler*** 0:***ata_bmdma_status*** 0:***ata_bmdma_stop*** ********************************************* cpu_0 received a bus/cache error ********************************************* Bridge: Phys Addr = 0x0000000000, Device_AERR = 0x00000000 Bridge: The devices reporting AERR are: CPU: (XLR specific) Cache Error log = 0x0000007800004601, Phy Addr = 0x00f0000088 CPU: epc = 0x83435dfc, errorepc = 0x835bf054, cacheerr = 0x00000000 Can not handle bus/cache error - Halting cpu Please tell me if a full trace would be better than these extracts, Regards, Alex On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Alex Gonzalez wrote: >> Thanks for the tip Sergei. The timeout in question lasts several >> seconds and is unrecoverable, finishing with a bus error. I could be >> looking at a hardware problem, but I have tried different drives, >> cables and I even see it on different units. >> >> And most of the times everything works fine. > > Care to post the kernel log, preferably with timestamps? > > -- > tejun > -- 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
