[Bug 892768] Re: Slow boot with ata4.00: failed command: IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE in log.

[Martin Pitt]

KeithG,

> this is a CD/DVD drive problem and I believe it has been fixed
upstream.

Do you have some details about this? Which upstream
(systemd/linux/something else?) You mean this is faulty firmware which
now has a workaround in the kernel, or similar?

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Title:
  Slow boot with ata4.00: failed command: IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE in log.

Status in udev package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Some time around 10.04, my boot times began to always suffer 10-20
  second delays. When I can view the log while loading, a message
  similar to this one is posted immediately after the delay:

  ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
  ata4.00: failed command: IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE
  ata4.00: cmd a1/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0 pio 512 in
  ata4.00: status: { DRDY }
  ata4: hard resetting link
  ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
  ata4.00: configured for PIO4

  Applying the fix given at this webpage solved the problem for me:
  http://paulphilippov.com/articles/how_to_fix_slow_boot_with_ata_errors

  It'd great to get this fixed, because my boot times are between 5 and
  10 seconds once I apply the above workaround.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: linux-image-3.0.0-12-generic 3.0.0-12.20
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfdff4000 irq 16'
     Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC889'
     Components	: 'HDA:10ec0889,1458a102,00100004'
     Controls      : 40
     Simple ctrls  : 23
  Card1.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:1 'Live'/'SB Live! Value [CT4780] (rev.10, serial:0x80221102) at 0x7f00, irq 20'
     Mixer name	: 'TriTech TR28602'
     Components	: 'AC97a:54524123'
     Controls      : 217
     Simple ctrls  : 38
  Card2.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:2 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfdafc000 irq 49'
     Mixer name	: 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
     Components	: 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
     Controls      : 4
     Simple ctrls  : 1
  Card2.Amixer.values:
   Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
     Playback channels: Mono
     Mono: Playback [on]
  Card3.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:3 'UM1'/'EDIROL UM-1 at usb-0000:00:13.2-2.4, full speed'
     Mixer name	: ''
     Components	: 'USB0582:0009'
     Controls      : 1
     Simple ctrls  : 1
  Card3.Amixer.values:
   
  Date: Mon Nov 21 01:30:35 2011
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=20ce1508-81b9-4ef1-b53b-bff1b81a55e8
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100928)
  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.
   
   eth0      no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-890FXA-UD5
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=e71f1c5a-c18b-4c53-9d5d-49404c8f2704 ro vga=792
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-12-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.60
  RfKill:
   
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-19 (32 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/23/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F4
  dmi.board.name: GA-890FXA-UD5
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd07/23/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-890FXA-UD5:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-890FXA-UD5:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: GA-890FXA-UD5
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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