Since kernel 3.0.3 I've been getting "ata5.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)" error message during boot. This also rendered my DVD drive inoperable. I've never had this issue before. I attached a trivial patch that
seems to have fixed the issue for me.
---
drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 4a3a5ae..0705038 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -4124,6 +4124,7 @@ static const struct ata_blacklist_entry ata_device_blacklist [] = {
* device and controller are SATA.
*/
{ "PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTD08", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NOSETXFER },
+ { "PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTD08A", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NOSETXFER },
{ "PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-212D", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NOSETXFER },
{ "PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-216D", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NOSETXFER },
--
1.7.6
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