Re: LibPATA code issues / 2.6.15.4

[Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>]

On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Mark Lord wrote:

> David Greaves wrote:
> > haze:/usr/src# smartctl -data -o off /dev/sdc
> > succeeds but gives me:
> >
> > ata3: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
> > ata3: translated op=0x85 ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00
> > ata3: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > ata3: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
> > ata3: translated op=0x85 ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00
> > ata3: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > ata3: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
> > ata3: translated op=0x85 ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00
> > ata3: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > ata3: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>
> "DriveStatusError" is "Command Aborted" in ac-speak.
> From the man page for smartctl, we read:
>
> > -o VALUE  Enables or disables SMART automatic offline test ...
> > Note that the SMART automatic offline test command is listed as "Obsolete" 
> in every
> > version  of  the  ATA  and ATA/ATAPI Specifications.  It was originally part 
> of the
> > SFF-8035i Revision 2.0 specification, but was never part of any ATA 
> specification.
>
> There's a chance that your drives simply do not fully support this feature,
> and are rejecting attempts to use it.
>
> By the way, the latest 2.6.16-rc5-git4 is available,
> and has FUA turned off by default now.  So it should
> work with your drives, and *you* are expected to verify
> that for us all now.
>
> Cheers
>
> -ml

Mark,

After patching to 2.6.16-rc5-git4, we should no longer see these errors 
right?  Then I can use my drive again without worrying about data loss? :)

Justin.
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