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Date:	Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:12:10 +0100
From:	Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@...g.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	madduck@...duck.net
Subject: Re: scary messages: HSM violation during boot of 2.6.18/amd64

> Hi, I just upgraded my workstation to 2.6.18.2. It has four SATA
> drives in a RAID10, connected to the system in pairs on Promise and
> Via on-board controllers.
> 
> Now on every boot, I see several messages like this for the drives
> connected to the VIA controller (VT6420):
> 
>   ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
>   ata2.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation)
>   ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
>   ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x2 stat 0x50 err 0x0 (HSM violation)
> 
> What do these mean?
> 
> Also, for the first of the two drives on the Promise/FastTrak
> PDC20378 controller, I see messages like this:
> 
>   ata3: translated ATA stat/err 0x50/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00
> 
> What about those?
> 
> I saw none of that under 2.6.17.x. Should I be worried?

I saw similar when using smartctl / smartd with wrong options (without 
-d ata; in short, smartd tried to talk "IDE language" to SATA device...).


-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org

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