Re: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/0c to ... PDC20376 (FastTrak 376) related cold freezes

[Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>]

Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I just upgraded to using 2 sata disks (both seagate drives
> ST3400832AS and ST3750640AS) on this asus a7v8x on-board promise fastrak
> 376 (PDC20376) controller. However, as soon as I do a lot of io (cp some
> G of files) I get swamped in 
>
> ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/0c to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00
> ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> ata1: error=0x0c { DriveStatusError }
> ata2: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/0c to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00
> ata2: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> ata2: error=0x0c { DriveStatusError }
> ...

Is the system usable after these messages?

> messages. For that it is enough to do it on a single drive or copy from
> drive to drive. This is on kernel 2.6.17.4, but I remember (when I was
> still using a single drive) this very same output to happen on 2.6.15.
>
> Can anyone translate these dubious error messages to me ?
>
> Here are more details about the system:
>
> - the sata_promise driver version 1.04 is used

Can you give a shot at 2.6.18-rc4?

--
tejun
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