ata1:00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)

[Frank Cox]

On Thu, 31 May 2007 19:43:30 -0600
Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net> wrote:

> I updated this computer from FC6 to Fedora 7 earlier this afternoon.  Now when
> I first boot it, immediately after printing the "Starting Red Hat Nash" line,
> it pauses and over the course of the following two minutes or so it prints the
> following error message three times:
> 
> ata1:00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)

Here is some more information from dmesg that may be of some value.  If there
is anything else that I should post regarding this issue let me know.

SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 2.20 loaded.
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.10ac1
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.1 to 64
ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x000101f0 ctl 0x000103f6 bmdma 0x0001ffa0 irq 14
ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x00010170 ctl 0x00010376 bmdma 0x0001ffa8 irq 15
scsi0 : ata_piix
usb 5-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usb 5-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
ata1.00: ATAPI, max UDMA/33
usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2 as /class/input/input3
Force feedback for Logitech force feedback devices by Johann Deneux <johann.dene
ux at it.uu.se>
input: USB HID v1.10 Gamepad [Logitech Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2] on usb-000
0:00:1d.1-2
ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xef)
ata1.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xef)
ata1.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
ata1.00: limiting speed to UDMA/33:PIO3
ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xef)
ata1.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
ata1.00: disabled
scsi1 : ata_piix
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x00010177
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0001e800 ctl 0x0001e402 bmdma 0x0001d800 irq 19
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0001e000 ctl 0x0001dc02 bmdma 0x0001d808 irq 19
scsi2 : ata_piix
ata3.00: ata_hpa_resize 1: sectors = 586072368, hpa_sectors = 586072368
ata3.00: ATA-7: ST3300622AS, 3.AAD, max UDMA/133
ata3.00: 586072368 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
ata3.00: ata_hpa_resize 1: sectors = 586072368, hpa_sectors = 586072368
ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
scsi3 : ata_piix
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x0001e007
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST3300622AS      3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
SCSI device sda: 586072368 512-byte hdwr sectors (300069 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO 
or FUA
SCSI device sda: 586072368 512-byte hdwr sectors (300069 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO 
or FUA
 sda: sda1 sda2
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.11.0-ioctl (2006-10-12) initialised: dm-devel at redhat.com
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds


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