Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:11:40 -0500 (EST) | From | Justin Piszcz <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.27.6 question: ata_sff_hsm_move: ata15 (why always ata15)? |
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote: >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:22:58 -0600 >> Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >>> Justin Piszcz wrote: >>>> I am trying to find out what the root cause of this error/problem is: >>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462425 >>> The problem is that people assume that timeouts with DRDY like that bug >>> refers to must be the same problem when it is often not >> >> The first stopping point is to apply the DRQ drain patch I sent to the >> list some time ago and is hopefully lined up for 2.6.29. After that point >> you can begin to look at the remaining cases, until then its hardly worth >> it. > > Is it really? For many SATA controllers, DRQ draining isn't really > necessary. PATA might be a completely different story tho.
I have been running with the patch for almost 24 hours and running extensive disk tests, so far nothing but sometimes it takes a few days or more to repeat, I am continuing to test to see if the problem recurs..
Justin.
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