I just installed Fedora Core 14 which uses kernel 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686, and the "failed command: IDENTIFY DEVICE" and "failed command: FLUSH CACHE" problems went away.
Here's the Fedora Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=549981 More details at my StackExchange question: http://askubuntu.com/questions/16608/how-do-you-fix-failed-command-identify-device-showing-up-in-dmesg ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #549981 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=549981 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445852 Title: devkit-disks-probe-ata-smart causes HSM Violations on SSD, and potential hardware death -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs