linux-kernel - Re: sata

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Date:	Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:42:23 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Ross Fawcett <claymen@...kingdenied.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sata_sil24 problems

Ross Fawcett wrote:
> What would you define a media error as though? I mean my first thought
> is a bad block, but a scan of the disc doesn't report anything like
> that. It also seems to be intermittent, however recently it has been
> reproducible.

It's not mine to define.  It's precisely what your device is reporting, 
no more, no less.

My -guess- would be surface error, quickly replaced by a spare sector, 
but who knows.

Run the '-t long' test in SMART, look at the various counters for signs 
of bad news like uncorrectable sectors, etc.

	Jeff



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