Errors when powering on eSATA box
I have an eSATA box (2 HDDs) that when operated in BIG mode shows lots of errors during startup.
Both HDDs are started then stopped and started again.
When first starting up the system reports a size of 7.99 GiB, finally the correct value of 2.72 TiB is displayed.
Can I trust a system showing the errors below?
Regards, Peter.
[ 8893.208921] ata6: hard resetting link [ 8898.990123] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) [ 8901.332637] ata6: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 8901.333317] ACPI Error: Attempt to CreateField of length zero 20090521 dsopcode-529 [ 8901.333334] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.RATA] (Node ffff88013ba324c0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8901.333458] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRT5._GTF] (Node ffff88013ba326a0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8901.333586] ata6.00: _GTF evaluation failed (AE 0x3004) [ 8901.333596] ata6.00: ATA-7: Config Disk 0, 1.1589, max MWDMA2 [ 8901.333603] ata6.00: 16777215 sectors, multi 1: LBA [ 8901.334284] ACPI Error: Attempt to CreateField of length zero 20090521 dsopcode-529 [ 8901.334299] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.RATA] (Node ffff88013ba324c0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8901.334420] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRT5._GTF] (Node ffff88013ba326a0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8901.334547] ata6.00: _GTF evaluation failed (AE 0x3004) [ 8901.334584] ata6.00: configured for PIO4 [ 8901.334599] ata6: EH complete [ 8901.334770] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Config Disk 0 1.15 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 8901.337074] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 [ 8901.337089] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 16777215 512-byte logical blocks: (8.58 GB/7.99 GiB) [ 8901.337205] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off [ 8901.337273] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 8901.337603] sdc: [ 8901.339604] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk [ 8906.325426] ata6: hard resetting link [ 8907.070160] ata6: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 8907.070315] ata6.00: model number mismatch 'Config Disk 0' != 'External Disk 0' [ 8907.070333] ata6: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps [ 8912.072673] ata6: hard resetting link [ 8912.420149] ata6: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) [ 8912.420301] ata6.00: model number mismatch 'Config Disk 0' != 'External Disk 0' [ 8912.420316] ata6.00: disabled [ 8917.420107] ata6: hard resetting link [ 8917.780127] ata6: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 8917.780857] ACPI Error: Attempt to CreateField of length zero 20090521 dsopcode-529 [ 8917.780873] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.RATA] (Node ffff88013ba324c0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8917.780996] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRT5._GTF] (Node ffff88013ba326a0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8917.781124] ata6.00: _GTF evaluation failed (AE 0x3004) [ 8917.781136] ata6.00: ATA-7: External Disk 0, 1.1589, max UDMA/133 [ 8917.781143] ata6.00: 5860554336 sectors, multi 1: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32) [ 8917.781869] ACPI Error: Attempt to CreateField of length zero 20090521 dsopcode-529 [ 8917.781883] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.RATA] (Node ffff88013ba324c0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8917.782004] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRT5._GTF] (Node ffff88013ba326a0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8917.782130] ata6.00: _GTF evaluation failed (AE 0x3004) [ 8917.782168] ata6.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 8917.782182] ata6: EH complete [ 8917.782206] ata6.00: detaching (SCSI 5:0:0:0) [ 8917.782811] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Stopping disk [ 8920.518523] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA External Disk 0 1.15 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 8920.520478] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 5860554336 512-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB) [ 8920.520593] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off [ 8920.520660] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 8920.520986] sdc: [ 8920.524398] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 [ 8924.295185] unknown partition table [ 8924.295659] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
Quoted 9 lines · Peter Klotz
I have an eSATA box (2 HDDs) that when operated in BIG mode shows lots of errors during startup.
Both HDDs are started then stopped and started again.
When first starting up the system reports a size of 7.99 GiB, finally the correct value of 2.72 TiB is displayed.
Can I trust a system showing the errors below?
I suspect this is one of those funky Silicon Image RAID PMP things that has the fake "Config Disk" that shows up to allow configuring the RAID array, and then presumably it then goes offline and then the actual RAID array device shows up..
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Regards, Peter.
[ 8893.208921] ata6: hard resetting link [ 8898.990123] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) [ 8901.332637] ata6: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 8901.333317] ACPI Error: Attempt to CreateField of length zero 20090521 dsopcode-529 [ 8901.333334] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.RATA] (Node ffff88013ba324c0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8901.333458] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRT5._GTF] (Node ffff88013ba326a0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8901.333586] ata6.00: _GTF evaluation failed (AE 0x3004) [ 8901.333596] ata6.00: ATA-7: Config Disk 0, 1.1589, max MWDMA2 [ 8901.333603] ata6.00: 16777215 sectors, multi 1: LBA [ 8901.334284] ACPI Error: Attempt to CreateField of length zero 20090521 dsopcode-529 [ 8901.334299] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.RATA] (Node ffff88013ba324c0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8901.334420] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRT5._GTF] (Node ffff88013ba326a0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8901.334547] ata6.00: _GTF evaluation failed (AE 0x3004) [ 8901.334584] ata6.00: configured for PIO4 [ 8901.334599] ata6: EH complete [ 8901.334770] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Config Disk 0 1.15 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 8901.337074] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 [ 8901.337089] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 16777215 512-byte logical blocks: (8.58 GB/7.99 GiB) [ 8901.337205] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off [ 8901.337273] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 8901.337603] sdc: [ 8901.339604] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk [ 8906.325426] ata6: hard resetting link [ 8907.070160] ata6: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 8907.070315] ata6.00: model number mismatch 'Config Disk 0' != 'External Disk 0' [ 8907.070333] ata6: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps [ 8912.072673] ata6: hard resetting link [ 8912.420149] ata6: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) [ 8912.420301] ata6.00: model number mismatch 'Config Disk 0' != 'External Disk 0' [ 8912.420316] ata6.00: disabled [ 8917.420107] ata6: hard resetting link [ 8917.780127] ata6: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 8917.780857] ACPI Error: Attempt to CreateField of length zero 20090521 dsopcode-529 [ 8917.780873] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.RATA] (Node ffff88013ba324c0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8917.780996] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRT5._GTF] (Node ffff88013ba326a0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8917.781124] ata6.00: _GTF evaluation failed (AE 0x3004) [ 8917.781136] ata6.00: ATA-7: External Disk 0, 1.1589, max UDMA/133 [ 8917.781143] ata6.00: 5860554336 sectors, multi 1: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32) [ 8917.781869] ACPI Error: Attempt to CreateField of length zero 20090521 dsopcode-529 [ 8917.781883] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.RATA] (Node ffff88013ba324c0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8917.782004] ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.PRT5._GTF] (Node ffff88013ba326a0), AE_AML_OPERAND_VALUE [ 8917.782130] ata6.00: _GTF evaluation failed (AE 0x3004) [ 8917.782168] ata6.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 8917.782182] ata6: EH complete [ 8917.782206] ata6.00: detaching (SCSI 5:0:0:0) [ 8917.782811] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Stopping disk [ 8920.518523] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA External Disk 0 1.15 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 8920.520478] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 5860554336 512-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB) [ 8920.520593] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off [ 8920.520660] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 8920.520986] sdc: [ 8920.524398] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 [ 8924.295185] unknown partition table [ 8924.295659] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk--
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Quoted 4 lines · Robert Hancock
Quoted 3 lines · Peter Klotz
I have an eSATA box (2 HDDs) that when operated in BIG mode shows lots of errors during startup.
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Both HDDs are started then stopped and started again.
When first starting up the system reports a size of 7.99 GiB, finally the correct value of 2.72 TiB is displayed.
Can I trust a system showing the errors below?
I suspect this is one of those funky Silicon Image RAID PMP things that has the fake "Config Disk" that shows up to allow configuring the RAID array, and then presumably it then goes offline and then the actual RAID array device shows up..
Yes, it is a Silicon Image (Sil5744) box.
Thanks for this explanation.
Now I am stuck with this box.
BIG mode shows these errors and I will not trust a system showing that many errors on startup.
JBOD mode shows no errors but requires PMP to see both HDDs which my SATA controller does not support. Maybe I can find an eSATA Express Card with PMP support that works in Linux.
Regards, Peter.
Hello,
Quoted 8 lines · Peter Klotz
Yes, it is a Silicon Image (Sil5744) box.
Thanks for this explanation.
Now I am stuck with this box.
BIG mode shows these errors and I will not trust a system showing that many errors on startup.
It will be okay. It just looks much worse due to ACPI errors but that won't affect normal operation. Other than that, it's just the config device going away and the pseudo container device coming online.
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