lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2008]   [Oct]   [6]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [smartmontools-support] inactive SATA drives won't stay in standby or sleep, PATA models did. (fwd)
Linda Walsh wrote:
> So the real problem is why issuing a smart command isn't re-starting
> the drive -- or bringing it back from standby. Whereas a "normal" disk
> read seems to bring it back to normal functioning just fine (and can
> then do the smart-test).
>
> Does this give anyone ideas about where the problem might be? Also
> sorta explains why my hangs have been infrequent, because I've been
> periodically polling the temps of all the drives -- and only when I stop
> the polling would the drive timeout, then die the next morning when
> smartd tried to run a short test between 1 and 2 am.

Sounds like a firmware problem to me. Issuing ATA_CMD_VERIFY on block
0 before issuing test commands should work around the problem. Also,
which controller are you using? Can you post the failing kernel log?

--
tejun


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2008-10-07 03:11    [W:0.437 / U:0.280 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site