Larry Finger writes: > Sometime since v2.6.28, one of my systems started getting libata > errors for my CD drive. > > I have started bisecting this problem, but that system is very slow so > it will likely take a while. > > The ide/ata parts of the dmesg output: > > ============================= > > SCSI subsystem initialized > libata version 3.00 loaded. > pata_ali 0000:00:0f.0: can't derive routing for PCI INT A > pata_ali 0000:00:0f.0: setting latency timer to 64 > scsi0 : pata_ali > scsi1 : pata_ali > ata1: PATA max MWDMA2 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xfc90 irq 14 > ata2: PATA max MWDMA2 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xfc98 irq 15 > ata1.00: ATA-6: HTS541010G9AT00, MBZOA60A, max UDMA/100 > ata1.00: 195371568 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 > ata1.00: configured for MWDMA2 > scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA HTS541010G9AT00 MBZO PQ: 0 > ANSI: 5 > ata2.00: ATAPI: SR242S, z03, max MWDMA2 > ata2.00: WARNING: ATAPI DMA disabled for reliablity issues. It can be > enabled > ata2.00: WARNING: via pata_ali.atapi_dma modparam or corresponding > sysfs node. > ata2.00: configured for PIO4 > scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM MITSUMI CD-ROM SR242S !A z03 PQ: 0 > ANSI: 5 > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver > BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 1 devices found > udevd version 128 started > ACPI: EC: missing confirmations, switch off interrupt mode. > Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 195371568 512-byte hardware sectors: (100 GB/93.1 GiB) > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't > support DPO or FUA > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 195371568 512-byte hardware sectors: (100 GB/93.1 GiB) > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't > support DPO or FUA > sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK5] enabled at IRQ 9 > PCI: setting IRQ 9 as level-triggered > kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > EXT3 FS on sda3, internal journal > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. > EXT3 (no)acl options not supported > EXT3 (no)user_xattr options not supported > udevd version 128 started > pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5 > sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 > scsi 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5 > shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4 > Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods > ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 > cdb 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > res 51/20:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x3 (HSM violation) > ata2.00: status: { DRDY ERR } > ata2: soft resetting link > ata2.00: configured for PIO4 > ata2: EH complete > sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 > sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 > ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 > cdb 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > res 51/20:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x3 (HSM violation) > ata2.00: status: { DRDY ERR } > ata2: soft resetting link pata_ali is one of the drivers that got converted to doing 32-bit PIO. Please try this <http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123254501314058&w=2> patch. It's known to fix similar problems seen with ata_piix. -- 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