I tested using 2.6.32-25 and it failed after (about) 2 hours.
These are some of the errors reported:
# Before this point everything was working normal....
Dec 11 22:02:54 kernel: [10420.040102] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0
SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
Dec 11 22:02:54 kernel: [10420.040113] ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA
Dec 11 22:02:54 kernel: [10420.040127] ata3.00: cmd
c8/00:08:4f:f5:ee/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 in
Dec 11 22:02:54 kernel: [10420.040130] res
40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Dec 11 22:02:54 kernel: [10420.040136] ata3.00: status: { DRDY }
Dec 11 22:03:00 kernel: [10425.410030] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=0)
Dec 11 22:03:04 kernel: [10430.090047] ata3: device not ready (errno=-16),
forcing hardreset
Dec 11 22:03:04 kernel: [10430.090061] ata3: soft resetting link
Dec 11 22:03:10 kernel: [10435.290049] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=0)
Dec 11 22:03:14 kernel: [10440.150039] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16)
Dec 11 22:03:14 kernel: [10440.150054] ata3: soft resetting link
Dec 11 22:03:20 kernel: [10445.350038] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=0)
Dec 11 22:03:25 kernel: [10450.210046] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16)
Dec 11 22:03:25 kernel: [10450.210061] ata3: soft resetting link
Dec 11 22:03:30 kernel: [10455.410047] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=0)
Dec 11 22:04:00 kernel: [10485.230039] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16)
Dec 11 22:04:00 kernel: [10485.230053] ata3: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5
Gbps
Dec 11 22:04:00 kernel: [10485.230064] ata3: soft resetting link
Dec 11 22:04:05 kernel: [10490.250053] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16)
Dec 11 22:04:05 kernel: [10490.250062] ata3: reset failed, giving up
Dec 11 22:04:05 kernel: [10490.250068] ata3.00: disabled
Dec 11 22:04:05 kernel: [10490.250077] ata3.00: device reported invalid CHS
sector 0
Dec 11 22:04:05 kernel: [10490.250096] ata3: EH complete
# This block was repeated many many times:
Dec 11 22:04:05 kernel: [10490.250127] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Unhandled error code
Dec 11 22:04:05 kernel: [10490.250131] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Result:
hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
Dec 11 22:04:05 kernel: [10490.250138] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: Read(10): 28 00
00 ee f5 4f 00 00 08 00
Dec 11 22:04:05 kernel: [10490.250153] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector
15660367
# This one may be a clue:
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600172] Aborting journal on device sdc1.
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600202] EXT3-fs error (device sdc1) in
ext3_reserve_inode_write: Journal has aborted
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600233] ------------[ cut here ]------------
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600243] WARNING: at
/build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/fs/buffer.c:1159 mark_buffer_dirty+0x7f/0xa0()
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600246] Hardware name: System Product Name
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600248] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc
vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv snd_mpu401 snd_mpu401_uart snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600289] Pid: 1590, comm: amule Tainted: P
W 2.6.32-25-generic #45-Ubuntu
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600291] Call Trace:
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600300] [<ffffffff81065efb>]
warn_slowpath_common+0x7b/0xc0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600304] [<ffffffff81065f54>]
warn_slowpath_null+0x14/0x20
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600307] [<ffffffff8116cbbf>]
mark_buffer_dirty+0x7f/0xa0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600313] [<ffffffff811c1307>] T.892+0x57/0x80
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600316] [<ffffffff811c13af>]
ext3_handle_error+0x7f/0xd0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600319] [<ffffffff811c1492>]
__ext3_std_error+0x92/0xa0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600323] [<ffffffff811b7fa0>]
ext3_reserve_inode_write+0x50/0xa0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600326] [<ffffffff811b8026>]
ext3_mark_inode_dirty+0x36/0x60
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600329] [<ffffffff811ba02d>]
ext3_truncate+0x4fd/0x670
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600334] [<ffffffff812118b2>] ?
journal_stop+0x1e2/0x2b0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600340] [<ffffffff81144c35>] ?
unlock_super+0x25/0x30
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600343] [<ffffffff811ba1c9>]
ext3_truncate_failed_write+0x29/0x30
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600346] [<ffffffff811ba638>]
ext3_write_begin+0x1c8/0x240
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600349] [<ffffffff811b8e00>] ?
ext3_get_block+0x0/0x120
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600354] [<ffffffff810f33a2>]
generic_perform_write+0xc2/0x1d0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600358] [<ffffffff811c7390>] ?
ext3_xattr_get+0x60/0xa0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600362] [<ffffffff810f4533>]
generic_file_buffered_write+0x73/0xd0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600366] [<ffffffff810f5ae0>]
__generic_file_aio_write+0x240/0x470
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600369] [<ffffffff810f5d7f>]
generic_file_aio_write+0x6f/0xe0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600373] [<ffffffff81142daa>]
do_sync_write+0xfa/0x140
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600376] [<ffffffff8113e1fb>] ?
mem_cgroup_charge_common+0x7b/0xa0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600382] [<ffffffff8111d78d>] ?
page_add_new_anon_rmap+0x7d/0x90
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600387] [<ffffffff81084580>] ?
autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600392] [<ffffffff8101079c>] ?
__switch_to+0x1ac/0x320
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600398] [<ffffffff810577c0>] ?
finish_task_switch+0x50/0xe0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600404] [<ffffffff81252256>] ?
security_file_permission+0x16/0x20
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600407] [<ffffffff811430a8>]
vfs_write+0xb8/0x1a0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600411] [<ffffffff81143941>] sys_write+0x51/0x80
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600415] [<ffffffff8106b950>] ?
sys_gettimeofday+0x40/0x90
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600419] [<ffffffff810121b2>]
system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600422] ---[ end trace cb5952a2844d83fd ]---
# Block repeated many times:
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600880] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Result:
hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600883] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: Write(10): 2a 00
00 00 00 3f 00 00 08 00
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600889] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector
63
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600892] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical
block 0
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.600894] lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1
Dec 11 22:04:10 kernel: [10495.601645] ext3_abort called.
#Some "different" erros:
Dec 11 22:06:05 kernel: [10611.111023] EXT3-fs error (device sdc1):
ext3_find_entry: reading directory #123085 offset 0
Dec 11 22:10:27 kernel: [10872.794946] virtuoso-t[1553]: segfault at
ffffffffffffffff ip 000000000079ccf4 sp 00007ffff85b
Dec 11 22:12:14 kernel: [10979.603960] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Unhandled error code
Dec 11 22:12:14 kernel: [10979.603967] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Result:
hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
Dec 11 22:12:14 kernel: [10979.603974] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: Read(10): 28 00
05 7f c6 e7 00 00 08 00
Dec 11 22:12:14 kernel: [10979.603988] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector
92260071
>From the link Matthew shared, I see that possibly all those reports are in
>2.6.3x kernels... I tried to check the change logs from 2.6.32-24 to -25 but I
>can't understand many of them. I'm not sure if it may be related to my
>motherboard (Asus Vintage AH1, specifications are listed in:
>http://www.mail-archive.com/linuxb...@linuxbios.org/msg04403.html).
Matthew, I think you should try older kernel versions and see how it
goes... its bad to know that even in the 2.6.32-24 you are still having
those problems. I hope this problem may be fixed...
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