Related to my previous tests, it seems that after I changed the order of the hard-disks connected to Promise Sata300TX4 the errors followed both of the 7200.10 disks. I swapped the power supply and the SATA-cables at the same time and still get the following kind of errors (and only with 7200.10, _never_ with the older 7200.7 disks):
ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 ata3.00: cmd c8/00:08:77:7a:68/00:00:00:00:00/e7 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 in res 50/00:00:7e:7a:68/00:00:00:00:00/e7 Emask 0x1 (device error) ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 ata3: EH complete SCSI device sdc: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) sdc: Write Protect is off sdc: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 SCSI device sdc: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 ata3.00: cmd c8/00:08:57:bb:6a/00:00:00:00:00/e7 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 in res 50/00:00:5e:bb:6a/00:00:00:00:00/e7 Emask 0x1 (device error) ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 ata3: EH complete SCSI device sdc: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) sdc: Write Protect is off sdc: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 SCSI device sdc: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 ata4.00: cmd c8/00:20:2f:86:90/00:00:00:00:00/ea tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 16384 in res 50/00:00:4e:86:90/00:00:00:00:00/ea Emask 0x1 (device error) ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 ata4: EH complete SCSI device sdd: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) sdd: Write Protect is off sdd: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 SCSI device sdd: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 ata4.00: cmd c8/00:50:e7:f3:98/00:00:00:00:00/ea tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 40960 in res 50/00:00:36:f4:98/00:00:00:00:00/ea Emask 0x1 (device error) ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 ata4: EH complete SCSI device sdd: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) sdd: Write Protect is off sdd: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 SCSI device sdd: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 ata4.00: cmd c8/00:48:57:c8:9e/00:00:00:00:00/ea tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 36864 in res 50/00:00:9e:c8:9e/00:00:00:00:00/ea Emask 0x1 (device error) ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 ata4: EH complete The problems seem to be generated from simple ATA-READ commands: ATA_CMD_READ = 0xC8, ATA_CMD_READ_EXT = 0x25, but I have absolutely no idea what is causing them ... The both disks have nothing special in their SMART-records: SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 104 100 006 Pre-fail Always - 6873586 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 093 093 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 11 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 076 061 030 Pre-fail Always - 44625875 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1236 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 11 187 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 189 Unknown_Attribute 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Unknown_Attribute 0x0022 063 060 045 Old_age Always - 639631397 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 037 040 000 Old_age Always - 37 (Lifetime Min/Max 0/27) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 076 054 000 Old_age Always - 194225 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 202 TA_Increase_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 1181 - # 2 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 231 - Any good ideas from where to search for the solution to this error messages ? Regards, Tomi Orava > I just ran a test with the 2.6.21-rc6-git1 + your patches below > and got the following errors (bottom of the mail). Do you have > any idea what they might be trying to tell ? > > My configuration contains Promise Sata300TX4-pci card: > > 00:0e.0 Mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC40718 (SATA > 300 TX4) (rev 02) > Subsystem: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC40718 (SATA 300 TX4) > Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 72, IRQ 16 > I/O ports at ec00 [size=128] > I/O ports at e000 [size=256] > Memory at fe900000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] > Memory at fe800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] > Expansion ROM at fe600000 [disabled] [size=32K] > Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 > > Asus A7V880 / AMD Athlon XP 2.8MHz > Antec truepower II 550W power supply > 2 * Seagate 7200.7 disks 200GB (no errors with these two) > 2 * Seagate 7200.10 disks 500GB (these ones generate all the errors) > (jumpered into 3.0Gbs mode) > > >> I've seen reports of issues like these with second-generation >> Promise SATA chips and SATAII (3Gbps) drives, but this is the >> first time I've seen any issues with a first-generation chip. >> >> 1. Please try 2.6.21-rc6 plus the following two patches: >> >> http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.6/patch-sata_promise-1-separate-sata-pata-ops-2.6.21-rc6 >> >> http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.6/patch-sata_promise-2-error_intr-2.6.21-rc6 >> >> This probably won't eliminate the errors, but should improve >> the level of detail in the error messages. >> >> 2. Try with a better power supply and verify that cooling is OK. >> Also verify that the SATA data and power cables are firmly attached. >> >> We've seen several reports of mysterious issues that eventually >> were traced to insufficient power supplies or poorly seated >> PCI cards (but in your case the chip is integrated on the mobo). > > On my system, cooling is OK. The power supply however has been > changed twice because previous Antec supplies have died under stress :( > > Regards, > Tomi Orava > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > ata2.00: (port_status 0x20080000) > ata2.00: cmd c8/00:68:27:ea:7c/00:00:00:00:00/e7 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 53248 > in > res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x6 (timeout) > ata2: soft resetting port > ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 > ata2: EH complete > SCSI device sdb: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) > sdb: Write Protect is off > sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't > support DPO or FUA > ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > ata2.00: (port_status 0x20080000) > ata2.00: cmd c8/00:a8:5f:95:87/00:00:00:00:00/e7 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 86016 > in > res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x6 (timeout) > ata2: soft resetting port > ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 > ata2: EH complete > SCSI device sdb: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) > sdb: Write Protect is off > sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't > support DPO or FUA > ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > ata2.00: (port_status 0x20080000) > ata2.00: cmd c8/00:00:3f:6f:b3/00:00:00:00:00/e7 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 131072 > in > res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x6 (timeout) > ata2: soft resetting port > ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 > ata2: EH complete > SCSI device sdb: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) > sdb: Write Protect is off > sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't > support DPO or FUA > ata2.00: limiting speed to UDMA/100:PIO4 > ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > ata2.00: (port_status 0x20080000) > ata2.00: cmd 25/00:00:2f:2b:b3/00:02:07:00:00/e0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 262144 > in > res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x6 (timeout) > ata2: soft resetting port > ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100 > ata2: EH complete > SCSI device sdb: 976773168 512-byte hdwr sectors (500108 MB) > sdb: Write Protect is off > sdb: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't > support DPO or FUA - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html