Re: 2.4.18-rc3aa3: dma_intr: status=0x51 errors

[Andre Hedrick]

Because it is a hardware error.
Your drive is attempting to reallocate sectors and is failing.

On 18 Aug 2002, Shane wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I just tried running Cerberus for 15-20s and I got these errors in the
> logs. I do use the nasty binary drivers but I replicated the errors from
> a fresh boot without them ever being loaded. Can someone tell me what
> these errors mean? And are they dangerous? Are there some docs on these
> error codes such that I could translate them myself without having to
> bother you guys?
> 
> The motherboard is an MSI KT133A
> I use LVM on that drive and ext3
> The controller the drive is on is a Promise Ultra 133 TX2
> The drive is:
> 
> /dev/hdg:
> 
>  Model=MAXTOR 6L080J4, FwRev=A93.0500, SerialNo=664133005196
>  Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
>  RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=32256, SectSize=21298, ECCbytes=4
>  BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1819kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
>  CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156355584
>  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
>  PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
>  DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
>  AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
>  Drive Supports : ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 1 : ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3
> ATA-4 ATA-5 
> 
> 
> Aug 18 14:49:58 mars kernel: invalidate: busy buffer
> Aug 18 14:49:58 mars last message repeated 21 times
> Aug 18 14:50:01 mars CROND[1863]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1)
> Aug 18 14:50:50 mars kernel: hdg: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error }
> Aug 18 14:50:50 mars kernel: hdg: dma_intr: error=0x40 {
> UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=61193, sector=61192
> Aug 18 14:50:50 mars kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 22:00 (hdg),
> sector 61192
> Aug 18 14:50:55 mars kernel: hdg: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
> SeekComplete Error }
> Aug 18 14:50:55 mars kernel: hdg: dma_intr: error=0x40 {
> UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=61195, sector=61194
> Aug 18 14:50:55 mars kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 22:00 (hdg),
> sector 61194
> 
> I also ran badblocks -v -s -n -b 4096 -c 128 /dev/hdg1 65000 55000 and
> it found nothing.
> 
> More info:
> 
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133]
> (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South]
> (rev 40)
> 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
> 00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 16)
> 00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 16)
> 00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
> (rev 40)
> 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast Etherlink]
> (rev 74)
> 00:0c.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt848 TV with
> DMA push (rev 12)
> 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev
> 05)
> 00:0d.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! (rev 05)
> 00:0e.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc.:
> Unknown device 4d69 (rev 02)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 (GeForce2 MX)
> (rev a1)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Shane
> 
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Andre Hedrick
LAD Storage Consulting Group