Bug#494822: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686: DVD-writing with VIA IDE controller produce kernel error hdd: status timeout

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 04:01:32PM +0200, Olivier Cailloux wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686
> Version: 2.6.25-7
> Severity: normal
> 
> When I use the writing-capabilities (in simulation!), after a while, the 
> (simulated) writing process will terminate and my syslog begins to get 
> filled with plenty of repeated kernel error messages related to my 
> DVD-writer. My DVD-writer, from that time on, is unusable until
> the next reboot. The only thing I found to stop kernel error logging is 
> to unload the ide_cd_mod module.
> 
> Here attached, you will find my setup and what I exactly did to 
> produce the problem. Please note that the first DVD-writing attempt did 
> NOT trigger the error, thus I guess there is some randomness included. 
> But I got the problem each time I tried to write at speed=1 (I guess, 
> because the time to terminate the process is longer so more chance to 
> trigger the problem).

Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?

Cheers,
        Moritz