Bug#426515: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686: ATA abormal status after kernel upgrade (2.4 -> 2.6)
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2
Severity: important
-- Description:
A tape drive is not anymore working. It worked perfectly before
upgrading to etch.
dmesg reports many times the following messages:
ata1: DRQ=1 with device error, dev_stat 0x59
ata1.01: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata1.01: tag 0 cmd 0xa0 Emask 0x3 stat 0x51 err 0x64 (HSM violation)
ata1: soft resetting port
ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0x1F7
ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0x1F7
ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0x1F7
ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0x1F7
ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0x1F7
ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0x1F7
ata1.00: configured for PIO3
ata1.01: configured for PIO3
ata1: EH complete
/var/log/dmesg contains:
[...]
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: version 2.00
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ IDE IDE P0 P1 ]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 185
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1F0 ctl 0x3F6 bmdma 0x1470 irq 14
scsi0 : ata_piix
ata1.00: ATAPI, max UDMA/33
ata1.01: ATAPI, max PIO3
ata1.00: configured for PIO3
ata1.01: configured for PIO3
Vendor: HL-DT-ST Model: CD-ROM GCR-8482B Rev: 1.06
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Vendor: Seagate Model: STT3401A Rev: 310B
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0x1478 irq 15
scsi1 : ata_piix
ata2.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 156312576 sectors: LBA
ata2.00: ata2: dev 0 multi count 16
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
Vendor: ATA Model: Maxtor 6Y080M0 Rev: YAR5
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
[...]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 201
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0x1F7
ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0x1F7
ATA: abnormal status 0x80 on port 0x1F7
[...]
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=fr_CH, LC_CTYPE=fr_CH (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.85g tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-4-686:
* linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-4-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-4-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-4-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-4-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-4-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-4-686: true
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