From: Ian Oliver Subject: Re: SATA150TX4 atat1:command timeout Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:55:43 +0100 Message-ID: References: <433D1626.2000909@robinbowes.com> Reply-To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from relay2.tidymail.co.uk ([217.146.107.7]:5270 "EHLO relay2.tidymail.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750778AbVJFJ41 (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Oct 2005 05:56:27 -0400 Received: from [217.146.124.254] (helo=foxhill.co.uk) (from_AS 16353) by relay2.tidymail.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1ENSU9-0007jx-RT for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 06 Oct 2005 09:56:21 +0000 In-Reply-To: <433D1626.2000909@robinbowes.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org In article <433D1626.2000909@robinbowes.com>, Robin Bowes wrote: > However, during the re-sync, one or more of the disks clunked and I saw > an "ATAn Timeout" message on the console and the system froze. (n > varied, e.g. ATA2, ATA1, ATA4, etc.) I had this when hammering a software raid that was on four Promise TX2 cards. I pulled two of the cards and instead used a four-port SiL3114 and the errors went away. Other have reported similar. I haven't seen anything about a fix. Ian