Re: [gentoo-user] ata6: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4000000 action 0xe frozen

[Thanasis]

on 08/01/2013 07:38 PM Volker Armin Hemmann wrote the following:
> Am 01.08.2013 09:37, schrieb Thanasis:
>> on 08/01/2013 12:59 AM Paul Hartman wrote the following:
>>
>>> If no disks are attached, I wonder if something is probing it?
>>>
>>> I checked my dmesg and every time I plug in my eSATA enclosure, I see
>>> this very similar message:
>>>
>>> [156541.724580] ata7: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4040000
>>> action 0xe frozen
>>> [156541.724587] ata7: irq_stat 0x00000040, connection status changed
>>> [156541.724593] ata7: SError: { CommWake DevExch }
>>> [156541.724604] ata7: hard resetting link
>>> [156551.725559] ata7: softreset failed (device not ready)
>>> [156551.725567] ata7: hard resetting link
>>>

> that is not an error. That is the linux kernel initializing the sata
> connection.
>
> stuff like that always happens if you hotplug a (e)sata device.
>
>

Thanks Volker, and thank you all for your help.