On Sun, 17 Oct 2004, Andre Steinert wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> when reading large amounts of data from my usb 2.0-harddisk, I'll get 
> "Data phase"-errors. (About 3-7 errors when reading 220 GB). Note that 
> I'll only get these errors if I read the harddisk. If I copy from one 
> harddisk to another, I'll only get these errors at the source, not the 
> destination-harddisk.
> 
> /var/log/messages-entry of one of these errors:
> Oct 17 04:28:09 titanic kernel: SCSI error : <18 0 0 0> return code = 
> 0x8000002
> Oct 17 04:28:09 titanic kernel: Current sdb: sense key Hardware Error
> Oct 17 04:28:09 titanic kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error
> Oct 17 04:28:09 titanic kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 
> 164380855
> 
> (Don't be surprised about hostname "titanic"... Goes back to the time 
> having two IBM DTLA-harddisks connected ;) )
> 
> titanic:~# lsusb
> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 001 Device 021: ID 05e3:0702 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 IDE Adapter
> Bus 001 Device 014: ID 05e3:0702 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 IDE Adapter
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b4:6560 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C65640 
> USB-2.0 "TetraHub"
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> 
> titanic:~# uname -r
> 2.6.8
> 
> Due to the fact that read of the file where the error occurs fails, I 
> would be very encouraged finding a solution...

There is a well-known problem with drives using the Genesys Logic
interface chip.  A work-around was first included in 2.6.9-rc1; any kernel
from that point on should work okay.

Alan Stern



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