Hello I have s similar issue with an old external USB drive:
[ 130.390889] usb 5-3: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci [ 130.523624] usb 5-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0d49, idProduct=7100 [ 130.523636] usb 5-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3, SerialNumber=2 [ 130.523642] usb 5-3: Product: OneTouch II [ 130.523648] usb 5-3: Manufacturer: Maxtor [ 130.523652] usb 5-3: SerialNumber: B504PPZH [ 130.524092] usb-storage 5-3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [ 130.524318] scsi9 : usb-storage 5-3:1.0 [ 131.576161] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access Maxtor OneTouch II 023g PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 [ 131.576946] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg11 type 0 [ 131.630993] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdi] 398297088 512-byte logical blocks: (203 GB/189 GiB) [ 131.685214] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdi] Write Protect is off [ 131.685226] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdi] Mode Sense: 24 00 00 00 [ 131.739550] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdi] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 131.922285] sdi: sdi1 [ 132.140024] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdi] Attached SCSI disk [ 138.842668] EXT4-fs (sdi1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) [ 154.859286] end_request: critical target error, dev sdi, sector 12455 [ 154.859305] Aborting journal on device sdi1-8. [ 159.271630] EXT4-fs error (device sdi1): ext4_journal_check_start:56: Detected aborted journal [ 159.271644] EXT4-fs (sdi1): Remounting filesystem read-only lsusb reports: Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0d49:7100 Maxtor OneTouch II 300GB External Hard Disk This drive works correctly with 3.14.15-2 kernel I have another external PATA/usb/ext4 drives which works correctly on 3.16.0-4: [ 458.820752] scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access MAXTOR S TM3320820A 3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [ 458.821560] sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg12 type 0 [ 458.822719] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdj] Adjusting the sector count from its reported value: 625142448 [ 458.822734] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdj] 625142447 512-byte logical blocks: (320 GB/298 GiB) [ 458.823845] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdj] Write Protect is off [ 458.823856] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdj] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 [ 458.826734] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdj] No Caching mode page found [ 458.826744] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdj] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 458.828710] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdj] Adjusting the sector count from its reported value: 625142448 [ 458.844456] sdj: sdj1 [ 458.846001] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdj] Adjusting the sector count from its reported value: 625142448 [ 458.848319] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdj] Attached SCSI disk [ 470.821561] EXT4-fs (sdj1): warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended [ 470.823414] EXT4-fs (sdj1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) lsusb reports: Bus 001 Device 006: ID 067b:2507 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2507 Hi-speed USB to IDE bridge controller Feel free to get back to me if you need more information or if you want me to test a kernel patch. All the best -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org