I tried the following patch: Index: linux/drivers/scsi/sd.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/scsi/sd.c 2014-06-26 18:40:39.214696552 +0200 +++ linux/drivers/scsi/sd.c 2014-06-27 15:52:30.776159456 +0200 @@ -2440,7 +2440,7 @@ sd_read_cache_type(struct scsi_disk *sdk sdkp->RCD = 0; } - sdkp->DPOFUA = (data.device_specific & 0x10) != 0; + sdkp->DPOFUA = 0; if (sdkp->DPOFUA && !sdkp->device->use_10_for_rw) { sd_first_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Uses READ/WRITE(6), disabling FUA\n"); This obviously is not the correct thing to do, but it makes the disk usable: Jun 27 17:26:50 marge kernel: [ 523.909815] usb 2-1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd Jun 27 17:26:50 marge kernel: [ 523.929246] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=0567 Jun 27 17:26:50 marge kernel: [ 523.929258] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Jun 27 17:26:50 marge kernel: [ 523.929265] usb 2-1: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge Jun 27 17:26:50 marge kernel: [ 523.929271] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: JMicron Jun 27 17:26:50 marge kernel: [ 523.929276] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: xxx Jun 27 17:26:50 marge kernel: [ 523.930999] usb-storage 2-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected Jun 27 17:26:50 marge kernel: [ 523.931237] scsi12 : usb-storage 2-1:1.0 Jun 27 17:26:51 marge kernel: [ 524.930451] scsi 12:0:0:0: Direct-Access JMicron Generic 0114 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6 Jun 27 17:26:51 marge kernel: [ 524.931228] sd 12:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 Jun 27 17:26:51 marge kernel: [ 524.932964] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Spinning up disk... Jun 27 17:26:53 marge kernel: [ 525.937848] ..ready Jun 27 17:26:53 marge kernel: [ 526.942395] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB) Jun 27 17:26:53 marge kernel: [ 526.943037] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off Jun 27 17:26:53 marge kernel: [ 526.943048] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 47 00 10 08 Jun 27 17:26:53 marge kernel: [ 526.943662] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Jun 27 17:26:53 marge kernel: [ 526.987919] sdd: sdd1 Jun 27 17:26:53 marge kernel: [ 526.990055] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk Jun 27 17:27:29 marge kernel: [ 563.227849] EXT4-fs (sdd1): warning: mounting fs with errors, running e2fsck is recommended Jun 27 17:27:29 marge kernel: [ 563.228043] EXT4-fs (sdd1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) (This is on another machine, but it shows the same behavior without the patch.) Does somebody have a hint for a real fix? Note that I also tried the following change, which did _not_ fix the issue: Index: linux/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c 2014-06-27 17:30:27.901581410 +0200 +++ linux/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c 2014-06-27 17:32:12.044958922 +0200 @@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd * read past the end of the disk. */ if ((cmd->device->use_10_for_rw && - sshdr.asc == 0x20 && sshdr.ascq == 0x00) && + (sshdr.asc == 0x20 || sshdr.asc == 0x24) && sshdr.ascq == 0x00) && (cmd->cmnd[0] == READ_10 || cmd->cmnd[0] == WRITE_10)) { /* This will issue a new 6-byte command. */ -- Michael -- 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