Here is what I get with that returning 0 rather than -1 as you requested: [19107.040031] sas: command 0xffff88011c77f9c0, task 0xffff88022ae51600, timed out: BLK_EH_NOT_HANDLED [19107.040062] sas: Enter sas_scsi_recover_host [19107.040072] sas: trying to find task 0xffff88022ae51600 [19107.040079] sas: sas_scsi_find_task: aborting task 0xffff88022ae51600 [19107.040089] drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c 1703:<7>mv_abort_task() mvi=ffff880224040000 task=ffff88022ae51600 slot=ffff880224066680 slot_idx=x4 [19107.040101] sas: sas_scsi_find_task: task 0xffff88022ae51600 is aborted [19107.040107] sas: sas_eh_handle_sas_errors: task 0xffff88022ae51600 is aborted [19107.040113] sas: sas_ata_task_done: SAS error 8d [19107.040124] ata21: translated ATA stat/err 0x01/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00 [19107.040860] ata21: status=0x01 { Error } [19107.040866] ata21: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } [19107.040886] sas: --- Exit sas_scsi_recover_host [19318.000085] sas: command 0xffff8801250291c0, task 0xffff88018a8e5b80, timed out: BLK_EH_NOT_HANDLED [19318.000125] sas: Enter sas_scsi_recover_host [19318.000135] sas: trying to find task 0xffff88018a8e5b80 [19318.000141] sas: sas_scsi_find_task: aborting task 0xffff88018a8e5b80 [19318.000152] drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c 1703:<7>mv_abort_task() mvi=ffff880224040000 task=ffff88018a8e5b80 slot=ffff8802240666d8 slot_idx=x5 [19318.000163] sas: sas_scsi_find_task: task 0xffff88018a8e5b80 is aborted [19318.000169] sas: sas_eh_handle_sas_errors: task 0xffff88018a8e5b80 is aborted [19318.000175] sas: sas_ata_task_done: SAS error 8d [19318.000185] ata24: translated ATA stat/err 0x01/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00 [19318.000896] ata24: status=0x01 { Error } [19318.000902] ata24: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } [19318.000922] sas: --- Exit sas_scsi_recover_host [Jack] Do all the drives discoverd? There are still commands timeout, maybe the disks need more time to response, or something wrong with the driver, I'm not sure. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html