On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Bruce Link <Bruce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> These NVIDIA SATA controllers are a pain as they all seem to have a
>> different set of bugs related to hardreset, etc. What happens if you boot up
>> without the drive connected and then plug in the cable after the system
>> boots up?
>
> Roughly the same error is returned. See below for the dmesg output.
>
> root@teevee:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/ata1/host0/scsi_host/host0#
> echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host4/scan
> root@teevee:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/ata1/host0/scsi_host/host0#
> dmesg|grep ata5
> [ 1.030224] ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9e0 ctl 0xbe0 bmdma 0xc400 irq
> 20
> [ 1.354216] ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> [ 944.773288] ata5: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x50000 action 0xf
> [ 944.773304] ata5: SError: { PHYRdyChg CommWake }
> [ 944.773322] ata5: hard resetting link
> [ 945.652070] ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> [ 945.660176] ata5.00: ATAPI: ATAPI iHOS104, WL0F, max UDMA/100
> [ 945.676165] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/100
> [ 950.676049] ata5.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa0)
> [ 950.676056] ata5.00: TEST_UNIT_READY failed (err_mask=0x5)
> [ 950.676064] ata5: hard resetting link
> [ 950.676066] ata5: nv: skipping hardreset on occupied port
> [ 951.144073] ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> [ 951.168168] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/100
> [ 956.168049] ata5.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa0)
> [ 956.168057] ata5.00: TEST_UNIT_READY failed (err_mask=0x4)
> [ 956.168061] ata5: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
> [ 956.168064] ata5.00: limiting speed to UDMA/100:PIO3
> [ 956.168070] ata5: hard resetting link
> [ 956.168072] ata5: nv: skipping hardreset on occupied port
> [ 956.636056] ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> [ 956.660169] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/100
> [ 961.660036] ata5.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa0)
> [ 961.660044] ata5.00: TEST_UNIT_READY failed (err_mask=0x4)
> [ 961.660046] ata5.00: disabled
> [ 961.660061] ata5: hard resetting link
> [ 962.544045] ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
> [ 962.544061] ata5: EH complete
> root@teevee:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/ata1/host0/scsi_host/host0#
>
Hmm, it did a hard reset on the hotplug with seemingly the same
effect. Can we narrow down the problem any more: does this drive work
on this machine under any Linux version, or in Windows? Can you try it
in another Linux machine with a different controller to see if it
works there?
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