Re: ahcisata1 port 0: SERR 0x0

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 06:35:24AM -0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
> Recently, I've been noticing these messages during system startup
> (and possibly during shutdown).  They may have been around for a
> while, but I've noticed them.
> 
>       # dmesg | grep ahcisata1
>       ahcisata1 at jmide0
>       ahcisata1: AHCI revision 1.0, 2 ports, 32 slots, CAP
>       0xc722ff01<PSC,SSC,PMD,SPM,ISS=0x2=Gen2,SCLO,SAL,SALP,SNCQ,S64A>
>       atabus8 at ahcisata1 channel 0
>       atabus9 at ahcisata1 channel 1
>       ahcisata1 port 0: device present, speed: 1.5Gb/s
>       cd0(ahcisata1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5
>       (Ultra/100) (using DMA)
> >>>   ahcisata1 port 0: SERR 0x0
> >>>   ahcisata1 port 0: SERR 0x0
> 
> 
> They really aren't harming anything, since I almost never use the cd
> drive, but I was wondering if anyone else has seen these recently?
> Do these messages indicate a failing cd drive?  Or a failing
> controller card?

This message is when the adapter reports a "Interface fatal error".
What's strange is that the SATA error register is empty, so I wonder
if the adapter isn't just reporting a false error here.
Maybe swapping cables could help.
Is the drive working properly ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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