Re: FC6 system stalls (kernel == 2.6.20-1.2952.fc6)

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Jeffrey Ross wrote:
> Dean S. Messing wrote:
> > I'm experiencing strange "stalls" (lockups) in my system that last for
> > half a minute or so.  Can anybody give me a clue for how to fix this?
> >
> > I've discovered that they coincide with these messages being
> > written to /var/log/messges:
> >
> > Jun  5 15:07:23 localhost kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
> > Jun  5 15:07:23 localhost kernel: ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 cdb 0x4a data 8 in
> > Jun  5 15:07:23 localhost kernel:          res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
> > Jun  5 15:07:30 localhost kernel: ata2: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0xd0)
> > Jun  5 15:07:53 localhost kernel: ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0xd0)
> > Jun  5 15:07:53 localhost kernel: ata2: soft resetting port
> > Jun  5 15:07:54 localhost kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
> > Jun  5 15:07:54 localhost kernel: ata2: EH complete
> > .....<snip>.....
> >
> > Dean
> >
> >   
> Dean, I am also experiencing lockups on Fedora 7 and I also get the same 
> messages in the logs.  Question did "combined_mode=libata" resolve the 
> issue for now?

No, they are occurring with the option.  I set the option some time
ago under 2.6.19.  It seems like I started geting the lockups after
that.  Not sure, though.

I noticed them mostly while working in XP (guest OS) w/in VMWare under
FC6 (host).  Everything would just lock for half a minute or more.  I
wrote it off to "windows misbehavior".  Then (I think) it happened
while using Linux directly.

I then noticed these "ata2" messages in /var/log/messages and googled
around, discovering some notices that it might be related to some
"libata code" and tighter error checking introduced into 2.6.19.  So I
switched to 2.6.20 over the weekend hoping it would go away.  No go.

I see from your message that it's in 2.6.21 as well.

Dean


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