Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Jul 2006 08:47:40 +1000 | From | Nathan Scott <> | Subject | Re: Huge problem with XFS/iCH7R |
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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.
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