From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932167AbWGCWrx (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:47:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751110AbWGCWrx (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:47:53 -0400 Received: from omx2-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.19]:55190 "EHLO omx2.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751200AbWGCWrw (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:47:52 -0400 Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 08:47:40 +1000 From: Nathan Scott To: Bill Davidsen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Huge problem with XFS/iCH7R Message-ID: <20060704084740.A1462688@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> References: <20060702195145.GA4098@localhost.halifax.rwth-aachen.de> <20060703163216.B1474487@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> <44A98A0B.8080203@tmr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <44A98A0B.8080203@tmr.com>; from davidsen@tmr.com on Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 05:20:11PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 05:20:11PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > >> My system crashes every few days, at the moment daily. The message shown > >> is (the drive changes about every time, I do not see a pattern here): > >> --- > >> ata4: handling error/timeout > >> ata4: port reset, p_is 0 is 0 pis 0 cmd c017 tf 7f ss 0 se 0 > >> ata4: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete } > >> sdd: Current: sense key=0x0 > >> ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0 > >> Info fid=0x0 > > > > FWIW, the above look like hardware/driver problems. > > If the problem doesn't occur before 2.6.16, that makes a hardware > problem less likely. It's not impossible that some buggy feature is now > used, but lower probability than the kernel change being the culprit. *nod*. > The bug fix you mention may solve the whole thing, or make it easier to I'm certain it wont; that was an XFS problem, and I can see no way it could cause device/driver issues also. > General comment: if a kernel version made my system crash once a day I > sure wouldn't be using it. Heh, yes - by definition. > New features are neat, but I wouldn't put up > with that if it made my cat pee holy water. Not sure what new features you're talking about here? Nor how your cat fits into all this.. ;) cheers. -- Nathan