From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBFFA1381F3 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 16:38:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 241ADE0B1C; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 16:38:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f45.google.com (mail-bk0-f45.google.com [209.85.214.45]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED610E0AB1 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2013 16:38:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f45.google.com with SMTP id je2so750306bkc.32 for ; Thu, 01 Aug 2013 09:38:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=sMTHl2KoKeYgfGfa9PNBaCHBOz+ee9wfxaCqQjlawhs=; b=oQOE9WxhySHssP8xlVZdnmUu7P+fpnw+QK+gpJDTqFQEtUVuSPSz3ln3W7PrvZ4LO5 m916eonPJBCHTnDUTvX+l5HsX/46Mdf01888fxcH8mCIYh0dYQu+LrH4qIRpGxBfi/do 3ydn4cF5HBkU/v4FfhUOXT5UoGAzdg8jutFzbUb/KmEixaqykSQ1oqDzZ2atp2WchWId YYMUOaPUuGPmTaPkCoxzDKWEoF+IgIW/uNz0P7yYuMGYvMXeyAe0OxqyUpHySbRfynH2 eX6FH9XiP4HcyI4XnAdO13m2ZG3BJSTftvREfWj57J8FgnBZTiFcDEjYnstxLc/ReWkB xRdw== X-Received: by 10.204.240.141 with SMTP id la13mr562753bkb.84.1375375108387; Thu, 01 Aug 2013 09:38:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.178.21] (p57B54E28.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [87.181.78.40]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id nv4sm969317bkb.3.2013.08.01.09.38.27 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 01 Aug 2013 09:38:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51FA8F03.8090701@googlemail.com> Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:38:27 +0200 From: Volker Armin Hemmann User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130714 Thunderbird/17.0.7 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org CC: Thanasis , Paul Hartman Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ata6: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4000000 action 0xe frozen References: <51F9534A.6010504@asyr.hopto.org> <51FA103E.8030201@asyr.hopto.org> In-Reply-To: <51FA103E.8030201@asyr.hopto.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 76fabf7f-c718-4386-b9ba-f70653b1e1e4 X-Archives-Hash: bda41f93f73ea61aa7299d7472b9e4e1 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.