hi list, i just bought a "MyBook" called external HD with a fixed enclosure, from WD. Connected to the SATA port i constantly get "ATA bus error" messages in the kernel log. Is this a known issue?
/var/log/messages: Dec 15 18:37:53 proto1 ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 Dec 15 18:37:53 proto1 ata2.00: irq_stat 0x40000001 Dec 15 18:37:53 proto1 ata2.00: cmd 35/00:e0:a7:d2:01/00:01:33:00:00/e0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 245760 out Dec 15 18:37:53 proto1 res 51/84:00:86:d4:01/00:00:33:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 ata2: soft resetting port Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 ata2: EH complete Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Dec 15 18:37:54 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2.00: irq_stat 0x40000001 Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2.00: cmd 35/00:80:bf:09:14/00:01:33:00:00/e0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 196608 out Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 res 51/84:00:3e:0b:14/00:00:33:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2: soft resetting port Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 ata2: EH complete Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte hardware sectors (500108 MB) Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 Dec 15 18:38:15 proto1 sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7910 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7912 00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7917 00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) 00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) 00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) 00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 SMBus (rev 13) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Azalia 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to PCI Bridge 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1200 Series 01:05.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1200 Series Audio Controller 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01) 03:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev c0) thanks and best regards zsolt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
