Seagate disk problems (NCQ bug???)

Tue Apr 28 22:31:08 UTC 2009

After running flawlessly for 6+ months I just had my Seagate
ST31500343AS (w. SD35 firmware) flake out.  Does this look like the NCQ
bug or just a random event?  The final error msg was around the time the
machine hung hard.

Apr 28 04:26:29 arbol kernel: ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed irq 22
Apr 28 04:26:29 arbol kernel: ata1: softreset failed (device not ready)
Apr 28 04:26:29 arbol kernel: ata1: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
Apr 28 04:26:29 arbol kernel: ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
Apr 28 04:26:29 arbol kernel: ata1.00: ATA-8: ST31500343AS, SD35, max UDMA/133
Apr 28 04:26:29 arbol kernel: ata1.00: 2930277168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
Apr 28 04:26:29 arbol kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133

Apr 28 06:17:02 arbol kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x1 SErr 0x90a02 action 0xe frozen
Apr 28 06:17:02 arbol kernel: ata1.00: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
Apr 28 06:17:02 arbol kernel: ata1: SError: { RecovComm Persist HostInt PHYRdyChg 10B8B }
Apr 28 06:17:02 arbol kernel: ata1.00: cmd 60/08:00:e1:81:24/00:00:74:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 4096 in
Apr 28 06:17:02 arbol kernel:         res 40/00:00:e1:81:24/00:00:74:00:00/40 Emask 0x50 (ATA bus error)
Apr 28 06:17:02 arbol kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
Apr 28 06:17:02 arbol kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
Apr 28 06:17:04 arbol kernel: ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
Apr 28 06:17:09 arbol kernel: ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
Apr 28 06:17:09 arbol kernel: ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
Apr 28 06:17:09 arbol kernel: ata1.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
Apr 28 06:17:09 arbol kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
Apr 28 06:17:11 arbol kernel: ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
Apr 28 06:17:21 arbol kernel: ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
Apr 28 06:17:21 arbol kernel: ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
Apr 28 06:17:21 arbol kernel: ata1.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
Apr 28 06:17:21 arbol kernel: ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
Apr 28 06:17:21 arbol kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
Apr 28 06:17:22 arbol kernel: ata1: softreset failed (device not ready)
Apr 28 06:17:22 arbol kernel: ata1: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
Apr 28 06:17:22 arbol kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Apr 28 06:17:22 arbol kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 28 06:17:22 arbol kernel: ata1: EH complete
Apr 28 06:17:22 arbol kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 2930277168 512-byte hardware sectors (1500302 MB)
Apr 28 06:17:22 arbol kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Apr 28 06:17:22 arbol kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA

Apr 28 06:24:03 arbol kernel: ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x90200 action 0xe frozen
Apr 28 06:24:03 arbol kernel: ata1: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
Apr 28 06:24:03 arbol kernel: ata1: SError: { Persist PHYRdyChg 10B8B }
Apr 28 06:24:03 arbol kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
Apr 28 06:24:05 arbol kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Apr 28 06:24:10 arbol kernel: ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
Apr 28 06:24:10 arbol kernel: ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
Apr 28 06:24:10 arbol kernel: ata1.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
Apr 28 06:24:10 arbol kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
Apr 28 06:24:12 arbol kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Apr 28 06:24:22 arbol kernel: ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
Apr 28 06:24:22 arbol kernel: ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
Apr 28 06:24:22 arbol kernel: ata1.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
Apr 28 06:24:22 arbol kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
Apr 28 06:24:23 arbol kernel: ata1: softreset failed (device not ready)
Apr 28 06:24:23 arbol kernel: ata1: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
Apr 28 06:24:23 arbol kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Apr 28 06:24:24 arbol kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 28 06:24:24 arbol kernel: ata1: EH complete
Apr 28 06:24:24 arbol kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 2930277168 512-byte hardware sectors (1500302 MB)
Apr 28 06:24:24 arbol kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Apr 28 06:24:24 arbol kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA

Apr 28 06:41:26 arbol kernel: ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x90200 action 0xe frozen
Apr 28 06:41:26 arbol kernel: ata1: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
Apr 28 06:41:26 arbol kernel: ata1: SError: { Persist PHYRdyChg 10B8B }
Apr 28 06:41:26 arbol kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
Apr 28 06:41:28 arbol kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Apr 28 06:41:33 arbol kernel: ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
Apr 28 06:41:33 arbol kernel: ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
Apr 28 06:41:33 arbol kernel: ata1.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
Apr 28 06:41:33 arbol kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
Apr 28 06:41:34 arbol kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Apr 28 06:41:44 arbol kernel: ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
Apr 28 06:41:44 arbol kernel: ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
Apr 28 06:41:44 arbol kernel: ata1.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
Apr 28 06:41:44 arbol kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
Apr 28 06:41:46 arbol kernel: ata1: softreset failed (device not ready)
Apr 28 06:41:46 arbol kernel: ata1: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
Apr 28 06:41:46 arbol kernel: ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
Apr 28 06:41:46 arbol kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 28 06:41:46 arbol kernel: ata1: EH complete
Apr 28 06:41:46 arbol kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 2930277168 512-byte hardware sectors (1500302 MB)
Apr 28 06:41:46 arbol kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Apr 28 06:41:46 arbol kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA

-wolfgang
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