From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Cc: Thanasis <thanasis@asyr.hopto.org>,
Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ata6: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4000000 action 0xe frozen
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:38:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51FA8F03.8090701@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51FA103E.8030201@asyr.hopto.org>
Am 01.08.2013 09:37, schrieb Thanasis:
> on 08/01/2013 12:59 AM Paul Hartman wrote the following:
>
>> If no disks are attached, I wonder if something is probing it?
>>
>> I checked my dmesg and every time I plug in my eSATA enclosure, I see
>> this very similar message:
>>
>> [156541.724580] ata7: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4040000
>> action 0xe frozen
>> [156541.724587] ata7: irq_stat 0x00000040, connection status changed
>> [156541.724593] ata7: SError: { CommWake DevExch }
>> [156541.724604] ata7: hard resetting link
>> [156551.725559] ata7: softreset failed (device not ready)
>> [156551.725567] ata7: hard resetting link
>>
>> (and then a bunch of lines initializing all of the disks in the enclosure).
>>
> Me too. That's exactly how I use this Sata port, so it must be related
> to the way the kernel handles/probes it.
>
> BTW, I use a cable which is sata <-> eSata, i.e. sata for the
> motherboard side and eSata for the external disk side, and I keep the
> cable connected to the motherboard and the disk connected to the cable.
> I just power on the eSata external disk enclosure whenever I need to use
> the disk, and before switching the power off, I just unmount the disk.
> Is that a correct procedure?
>
> .
>
that is not an error. That is the linux kernel initializing the sata
connection.
stuff like that always happens if you hotplug a (e)sata device.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-01 16:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-31 18:11 [gentoo-user] ata6: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4000000 action 0xe frozen Thanasis
2013-07-31 19:06 ` Paul Hartman
2013-07-31 20:17 ` Thanasis
2013-07-31 22:10 ` Bruce Hill
2013-08-01 7:51 ` Thanasis
2013-08-01 14:06 ` Paul Hartman
2013-08-01 14:30 ` Bruce Hill
2013-08-01 8:19 ` David Haller
2013-07-31 19:09 ` Bruce Hill
2013-07-31 21:59 ` Paul Hartman
2013-08-01 7:37 ` Thanasis
2013-08-01 14:43 ` Bruce Hill
2013-08-01 18:52 ` Thanasis
2013-08-01 16:38 ` Volker Armin Hemmann [this message]
2013-08-01 18:58 ` Thanasis
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