FYI I haven't tried the commit / fix but I am still having the problems, so uninstalling PATA did not help, just as many said it likely wouldn't. Once I try the rc5 and test for many reboots I will report back. P > Tejun Heo <tj <at> kernel.org> writes: > >> >> On 01/22/2010 12:57 AM, Paul Check wrote: >> > I am having an intermittent problem: >> > >> > ata1.01: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 301) >> > >> > which is causing one of my four hard drives to not get recognized. >> >> Most likely fixed by commit 5040ab67a2c6d5710ba497dc52a8f7035729d7b0. >> Can you please try 2.6.33-rc5? >> >> Thanks. >> > > I've been having intermittent SATA troubles as well recently (Ubuntu 9.10, > kernel 2.6.31-17). So here I am after a quick search on Google and it > looks like > you've already fixed the problem. I'm no expert on SATA protocol or > anything, > but reading the diff of that commit looks like it sure does address my > problem. > I'm really just here to extend a sincere THANK YOU, to Tejun and all the > people > that work on this stuff. > > I'm not sure if it matters or not, but for whatever reason on my box, the > problem happens pretty reliably after a long power off cycle (its been off > >18 > hours when I turn it on). I've never seen it fail on a subsequent reboot, > even > with a short power cycle. I may have to try compiling the kernel for > myself to > see if it truly fixes it. I haven't built a kernel in a long time, but > maybe > I'll give a whirl again. > > Again thanks! > > - Tim > > -- > 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 > -- 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
