Can you give more details? - output of lspci -vv -s 0000:00:11.0 - output of hdparm -I /dev/sda - 40 lines below and above the error line you reported 'ata1: illegal qc_active transition (3fffffff->fffffffe)' from /var/log/messages Gwendal. On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:33 AM, D. Stussy <replies+newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ata1: illegal qc_active transition (3fffffff->fffffffe) > > I'm getting this about once every 3 days. When this happens, the affected partition is remounted read-only (per my file system error options). > > I am not certain if this is telling me I have a hardware error, incompatibility, or if there's a design problem with the driver. > > Seen with kernels: 3.0.14, 3.1.4, 3.1.5, and 3.1.6 > > Motherboard: Supermicro H8SCM-F > Disk Drives: Seagate 1.8TB drives > > Kernel log messages: > pci 0000:00:11.0: set SATA to AHCI mode > libata version 3.00 loaded. > ahci 0000:00:11.0: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0xf impl SATA mode > ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfe9fa400 port 0xfe9fa500 irq 22 > ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfe9fa400 port 0xfe9fa580 irq 22 > ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfe9fa400 port 0xfe9fa600 irq 22 > ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfe9fa400 port 0xfe9fa680 irq 22 > ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) > ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) > ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) > ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > ata1.00: ATA-8: ST32000644NS, SN11, max UDMA/133 > ata1.00: 3907029168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32) > ata2.00: ATA-8: ST32000644NS, SN11, max UDMA/133 > ata2.00: 3907029168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32) > ata4.00: ATAPI: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7700S, 1.03, max UDMA/100 > ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 > scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST32000644NS SN11 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 3907029168 512-byte logical blocks: (2.00 TB/1.81 TiB) > scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST32000644NS SN11 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 > 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 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 3907029168 512-byte logical blocks: (2.00 TB/1.81 TiB) > sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA > ata4.00: configured for UDMA/100 > sda: sda1 > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk > sdb: sdb1 > sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk > scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM Optiarc DVD RW AD-7700S 1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 > > Kernel options: > CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_ATA=y > CONFIG_ATA=y > CONFIG_ATA_VERBOSE_ERROR=y > CONFIG_ATA_ACPI=y > CONFIG_SATA_PMP=y > CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y > CONFIG_ATA_SFF=y > CONFIG_ATA_BMDMA=y > CONFIG_PATA_AMD=y > CONFIG_ATA_GENERIC=y > > -- > 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