[Bug 595448] [NEW] Slow boot caused by SATA controller reset

[Jarrett Miller]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu 10.04 suffers from a very slow boot on due to a 10 second or so
pause while the kernel sets up the SATA controller. The problem occurs
on every boot at this point in the kernel initialization sequence:

ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
Jun 15 13:51:02 jmvpro kernel: [   14.780019] ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16)
Jun 15 13:51:02 jmvpro kernel: [   20.330017] ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
Jun 15 13:51:02 jmvpro kernel: [   24.830018] ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16)
Jun 15 13:51:02 jmvpro kernel: [   30.380018] ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
Jun 15 13:51:02 jmvpro kernel: [   59.840018] ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16)
Jun 15 13:51:02 jmvpro kernel: [   59.840022] ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
Jun 15 13:51:02 jmvpro kernel: [   64.850019] ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16)
Jun 15 13:51:02 jmvpro kernel: [   64.850021] ata1: reset failed, giving up  

This is an Intel DQ45CB motherboard with the latest bios. I believe ata1
is the eSATA port. I think my hard disks are connected to ata2 and ata3

This problem is also present in the 2.6.35 maverick backport kernel from the kernel-ppa. 
This problem did not occur with ubuntu 9.10.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic 2.6.32-22.36
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  jarrett    1584 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xe0620000 irq 22'
   Mixer name	: 'Analog Devices AD1882'
   Components	: 'HDA:11d41882,80861003,00100300'
   Controls      : 41
   Simple ctrls  : 24
CurrentDmesg:
 [   77.952035] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
 [   77.952836] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
 [   88.240013] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 [  422.836625] Too many connections
Date: Thu Jun 17 06:44:31 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f8a7aaf0-a741-457b-ab95-2b06f7bc8814
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
IwConfig:
 lo        no wireless extensions.
 
 eth0      no wireless extensions.
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
RfKill:
 
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 04/12/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: CBQ4510H.86A.0121.2010.0412.0911
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: DQ45CB
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAE30148-205
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrCBQ4510H.86A.0121.2010.0412.0911:bd04/12/2010:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDQ45CB:rvrAAE30148-205:cvn:ct3:cvr:

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid needs-upstream-testing regression-release

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Slow boot caused by SATA controller reset
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