On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 10:04:03PM -0500, Jerome wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.26-1-686
> Version: 2.6.26-11
> Severity: important
>
>
> My two SAMSUNG HA250JC hard drives were working fine until apt-get upgraded
> the kernel from 2.6.25-2 to 2.6.26-1 (Debian testing).
>
> Both hard drives are plugged externally to my laptop through a PCMCIA card
> with 2 eSATA ports.
>
> The following excerpt from /var/log/dmesg might be be relevant when I boot
> with 2.6.26-1:
>
> [ 15.896167] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)
> [ 20.544166] ata3: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
> [ 25.904165] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)
> [ 30.552167] ata3: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
> [ 35.912165] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)
> [ 65.596166] ata3: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
> [ 70.620178] ata3: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
> [ 70.620238] ata3: reset failed, giving up
>
> With 2.6.25-2, I am getting the following result:
>
> [ 92.236169] ata3: hard resetting link
> [ 97.837264] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
> [ 97.845734] ata3.00: ATA-7: SAMSUNG HA250JC, WE100-33, max UDMA/133
> [ 97.845740] ata3.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48
> [ 97.845743] ata3.00: applying bridge limits
> [ 97.861619] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100
> [ 97.861633] ata3: EH complete
> [ 97.861747] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SAMSUNG HA250JC WE10
> PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
> [ 97.865796] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059
> MB)
> [ 97.868908] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> [ 97.872926] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled,
> doesn't support DPO or FUA
> [ 97.873268] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059
> MB)
> [ 97.876079] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> [ 97.879716] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled,
> doesn't support DPO or FUA
> [ 97.890512] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
> [ 97.890553] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
>
>
> I found a few similar reports; maybe there are related:
> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11388
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501023
>
> which pointed me to an on-going patch, maybe related too:
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/34077/raw
>
> If you want further information, do not hesitate to ask, I can reproduce the
> problem.
> This bug prevents me from upgrading to 2.6.26.
#501023 was fixed in a Lenny point release (2.6.26-18). Does it fix the error
for you?
Cheers,
Moritz
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