[Bug 297058] Re: Consistent repeating [ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient ]

[Don Rhummy]

I'm getting this same issue. has anyone solved this?

Here's all the info I can think of:

1. I have two HD's, both set as cable select

2. I have a DVD/CD reader/writer drive

3. My drives are PATA

4. I'm getting slightly different error messages with reg. startup vs
fail safe mode (I get the errors on every boot, as well as during
running):

REGULAR STARTUP
---------------------------
[ 295.816174] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
[ 295.816196] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE DMA
[ 295.816225] ata1.00: cmd ca/00:08:00:50:7f/00:00:00:00:00/e3 tag 0 dma 4096 out
[ 295.816232] res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 295.816246] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }

FAIL SAFE STARTUP
---------------------------
[ 295.816174] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
[ 295.816196] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE DMA
[ 295.816225] ata1.00: cmd ca/00:08:00:50:7f/00:00:00:00:00/e3 tag 0 dma 4096 out
[ 295.816232] res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 295.816246] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 300.856096] ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 305.844090] ata1: device not ready (errno=-16), forcing hardreset
[ 305.844114] ata1: soft resetting link
[ 306.024895] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 306.024898] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 306.024913] ata1.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
[ 306.024942] ata1: EH complete

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Consistent repeating [ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient ]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297058
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