Björn Steinbrink writes: > Hi, > > with 2.6.20-rc{2,4,5} (no other tested yet) I see SATA exceptions quite > often, with 2.6.19 there are no such exceptions. dmesg and lspci -v > output follows. In the meantime, I'll start bisecting. > > Thanks > Björn > > > Linux version 2.6.20-rc2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 > (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #4 SMP Sun Dec 31 12:54:22 CET 2006
[uneventful kernel log omitted] > sata_nv 0000:00:07.0: Using ADMA mode > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:07.0 to 64 > ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000004480 ctl 0xFFFFC200000044A0 bmdma > 0xD400 irq 23 > ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000004580 ctl 0xFFFFC200000045A0 bmdma > 0xD408 irq 23 > scsi0 : sata_nv > ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > ata1.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 160086528 sectors: LBA > ata1.00: ata1: dev 0 multi count 16 > ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 > scsi1 : sata_nv > ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > ata2.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 160086528 sectors: LBA > ata2.00: ata2: dev 0 multi count 16 > ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 > scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Maxtor 6Y080M0 YAR5 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 > ata1: bounce limit 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, segment boundary 0xFFFFFFFF, hw segs > 61 > SCSI device sda: 160086528 512-byte hdwr sectors (81964 MB) > sda: Write Protect is off > sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support > DPO or FUA > SCSI device sda: 160086528 512-byte hdwr sectors (81964 MB) > sda: Write Protect is off > sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support > DPO or FUA > sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 > sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda > scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Maxtor 6Y080M0 YAR5 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 > ata2: bounce limit 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, segment boundary 0xFFFFFFFF, hw segs > 61 > SCSI device sdb: 160086528 512-byte hdwr sectors (81964 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 > SCSI device sdb: 160086528 512-byte hdwr sectors (81964 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 > sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 > sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb Things are fine so far. [more uneventful kernel log omitted] > NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86_64 Kernel Module 1.0-9631 Thu Nov 9 > 17:35:27 PST 2006 > ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > ata1.00: cmd e7/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 0 in > res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) > ata1: soft resetting port > ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 > ata1: EH complete > SCSI device sda: 160086528 512-byte hdwr sectors (81964 MB) > sda: Write Protect is off > sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 > SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support > DPO or FUA > ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > ata1.00: cmd e7/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 0 out > res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) and then things start to break. Notice how the problems started exactly at the point the "NVRM" NVIDIA module (whatever it is) was loaded ... - 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/