Re: libata errors with smartctl on 2.6.24, WD3200AAKS and nVidia AHCI

From: Tvrtko A. Ursulin
Date: Wed May 14 2008 - 02:59:23 EST

On Wednesday 14 May 2008 06:44:12 Tejun Heo wrote:
> Tvrtko A. Ursulin wrote:
> > On Tuesday 15 April 2008 04:10:57 Tejun Heo wrote:
> >> Tvrtko A. Ursulin wrote:
> >>> On Sunday 13 April 2008 04:11:15 Tejun Heo wrote:
> >>>> Is auto spindown configured for the drive?
> >>>
> >>> I don't think so - it's a 3.5" drive with no special PM features - but
> >>> how to tell?
> >>
> >> Hmm... Can you please post the result of "smartctl --version" and
> >> "smartctl -a > out 2>&1" and dmesg after the smartctl command?
> >
> > Yep, pasted and attached below. dmesg is 67k, hope list is happy with
> > that.
>
> Thanks for the data. Nothing really stands out tho. It looks like the
> drive just doesn't like SMART commands 0xda and 0xd1. 0xda being a
> mandatory non-data command, it failing due to driver problem is unlikely.
>
> Can you please post the result of "hdparm -I /dev/sda" and "lspci -nn"?

Of course:

root@sol:~# hdparm -I /dev/sda

/dev/sda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: WDC WD3200AAKS-00VYA0
Serial Number: WD-WCARW0059893
Firmware Revision: 12.01B02
Standards:
Supported: 8 7 6 5
Likely used: 8
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 625142448
device size with M = 1024*1024: 305245 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 320072 MBytes (320 GB)
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Queue depth: 32
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, with device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 0
Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
SMART feature set
Security Mode feature set
* Power Management feature set
* Write cache
* Look-ahead
* Host Protected Area feature set
* WRITE_BUFFER command
* READ_BUFFER command
* NOP cmd
* DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
Power-Up In Standby feature set
* SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up
SET_MAX security extension
Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
* 48-bit Address feature set
* Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
* FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
* SMART error logging
* SMART self-test
* General Purpose Logging feature set
* 64-bit World wide name
* Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* SATA-II signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
* Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
* Host-initiated interface power management
* Phy event counters
DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
* Software settings preservation
* SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
* SCT Long Sector Access (AC1)
* SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2)
* SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
* SCT Features Control (AC4)
* SCT Data Tables (AC5)
unknown 206[12] (vendor specific)
unknown 206[13] (vendor specific)
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
not enabled
not locked
not frozen
not expired: security count
supported: enhanced erase
88min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 88min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50014ee1485655
NAA : 5
IEEE OUI : 14ee
Unique ID : 1485655
Checksum: correct
root@sol:~# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:07c1] (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07cb] (rev a2)
00:01.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07cd] (rev a1)
00:01.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07ce] (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07cf] (rev a1)
00:01.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d0] (rev a1)
00:01.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d1] (rev a1)
00:01.5 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d2] (rev a1)
00:01.6 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d3] (rev a1)
00:02.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation nForce 630i memory controller [10de:07d6] (rev a1)
00:03.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:07d7] (rev a2)
00:03.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:07d8] (rev a1)
00:03.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:07d9] (rev a1)
00:03.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:07c8] (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i [10de:07fe] (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i [10de:056a] (rev a1)
00:08.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056c] (rev a1)
00:09.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP73 High Definition Audio [10de:07fc] (rev a1)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056d] (rev a1)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056e] (rev a1)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056f] (rev a1)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056f] (rev a1)
00:0e.0 SATA controller [0106]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i [10de:07f4] (rev a2)
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation MCP73 Ethernet [10de:07dc] (rev a2)
00:10.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7100/nForce 630i [10de:07e1] (rev a2)
01:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8024]

Tvrtko

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