linux-kernel - Re: sata_nv exceptions in 2.6.20.3

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Date:	Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:51:01 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
To:	Christopher Mulcahy <cmulcahy@...si.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sata_nv  exceptions  in 2.6.20.3

Christopher Mulcahy wrote:
> 
> My harddrives are Seagate Barracudas ( 7200.10, 500GB, ST3500630AS )
> 
> They have jumpers to toggle between 1.5Gb/s operation and 3.0Gb/s 
> operation.
> 
> When jumpered to 1.5Gbs operation, there are no problems.
> 
> Settings the drives to 3.0Gbs operation generates exceptions on only one 
> of the 4 drives, but this quickly leads to hard lock-up.  ( I don't see 
> a kernel crash-dump, but the system becomes frozen and has to be reset )
> 
> The errors, lspci output, and dmesg from both 3G ( broken ) and 1.5G 
> (working) operation are as follows:

Tried a different SATA cable on that drive? The controller is reporting 
SError values and CMD errors, which likely tends to indicate some kind 
of SATA communication problem..

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Robert Hancock      Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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