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SubjectRe: LibPATA/ATA Errors Continue - Will there be a fix for this?
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Al Boldi wrote:

> Justin Piszcz wrote:
>> On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Mark Lord wrote:
>>> Justin Piszcz wrote:
>>>> Should someone comment this code out that produces the printk()'s as
>>>> these are useless information as there is no problem with the disk?
>>>
>>> MMm.. probably "barrier" commands that the drive doesn't like.
>>> Pity those messages don't also dump the failed opcode.
>>>
>>>> Jun 20 03:14:20 p34 kernel: [4339456.678000] ata3: status=0x51 {
>>>> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>>>> Jun 20 03:14:20 p34 kernel: [4339456.678000] ata3: error=0x04 {
>>>> DriveStatusError }
>>>> Jun 20 03:36:44 p34 kernel: [4340801.772000] ata3: no sense translation
>>>> for status: 0x51
>>>> Jun 20 03:36:44 p34 kernel: [4340801.772000] ata3: status=0x51 {
>>>> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>>
>> Mark, what would be the proper direction to move towards? Is Jeff or
>> another SATA/ATA maintainer going to have to look at this or is there
>> something else I can do, or?
>
> I once sent a patch to -mm:
>
> Mark Lord wrote:
>> Al Boldi wrote:
>>> Also apply this one to get rid of this message:
>>>
>>> hdb: set_drive_speed_status: status=0x40 { DriveReady }
>>> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>>>
>>> Maybe someone on the ide list can comment on this first though.
>>>
>>> --- 16/include/linux/ide.h.orig 2006-03-31 19:12:51.000000000 +0300
>>> +++ 16/include/linux/ide.h 2006-04-23 13:06:32.000000000 +0300
>>> @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ typedef unsigned char byte; /* used ever
>>> #define IDE_BCOUNTL_REG IDE_LCYL_REG
>>> #define IDE_BCOUNTH_REG IDE_HCYL_REG
>>>
>>> -#define OK_STAT(stat,good,bad) (((stat)&((good)|(bad)))==(good))
>>> +#define OK_STAT(stat,good,bad) (((stat)&((good)|(bad)))==((stat)&(good)))
>>> #define BAD_R_STAT (BUSY_STAT | ERR_STAT)
>>> #define BAD_W_STAT (BAD_R_STAT | WRERR_STAT)
>>> #define BAD_STAT (BAD_R_STAT | DRQ_STAT)
>>
>> Assuming hdb is a CDROM/optical drive, then this change makes sense for
>> that. But I don't think it is a valid (good) change for regular ATA disks.
>>
>> A more complex patch is required, one which correctly handles each drive
>> type.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Al
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Did the patch get applied to -mm?
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