Hello, On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:20:43AM +1100, Steven Haigh wrote: > With this patch applied, my rebuilt kernel based on 2.6.32.26 (due > to Xen Dom0 requirements) gives the following: > > ata9: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x50000 action 0xe frozen > ata9: SError: { PHYRdyChg CommWake } > ata9: hard resetting link > ata9: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) > ata9.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x202) > ata9: hard resetting link > ata9: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) > ata9.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x202) > ata9: hard resetting link > ata9: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) > ata9.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x202) > ata9: hard resetting link > ata9: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) > ata9: EH complete So, retrying doesn't help at all. > I would really like to eliminate the possibility of it being my > esata enclosure or the sata -> esata cable by using another cable > and/or array for testing. New cables will be a few days off as I > don't have any of these cables hanging around. My gut feeling says > its the cable - as the enclosure works fine via the USB port - > however that isn't conlusive proof that the esata port is working as > it should! Yeah, it looks like something is wrong with the setup. Please let us know how the testing goes with the new cable (hopefully shorter). Thanks. -- 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