On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:40:00 -0400 Jim Dever <jdever@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > >>>> ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0xd0) > >>>> ata2: soft resetting port > >>>> ata2.01: failed to IDENTIFY (device reports illegal type, err_mask=0x0) > >>>> ata2.01: revalidation failed (errno=-22) > > > > On reset your hardware isn't reporting a consistent type which is > > confusing the kernel trying to identify what it is. > > > > True. This is because support for Onstream (a company now bankrupt) > tape drive was removed from the latest kernel. I'd be happy if I could No. Its nothing to do with that. The hardware is doing something very strange and enough to confuse the newer driver layer.
