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poco

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Registered: 2011-05-31

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[SOLVED] ata2: SRST failed, slow boot on docked VAIO

Hi,
I just managed to install Arch on a Sony VAIO VPCZ2. However, I got a small problem during the boot procedure. If the computer is not docked (to its Power Media Dock), the boot is fast, 5 seconds at most. However, if the computer is docked, the boot is quite low, and the message ata2: SRST failed (errno=-16) appears twice on screen. From dmesg, during the "Triggering uevents", I got the following:

[    6.967692] ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xa1)
[    6.967696] ata2.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
[   11.979211] ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[   16.990949] ata2: device not ready (errno=-16), forcing hardreset
[   22.155973] ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[   27.007763] ata2: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[   32.172786] ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[   37.024579] ata2: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[   37.215879] ata2.00: ATAPI: Optiarc BD ROM BC-5640H, 1.70, max UDMA/100
[   37.229210] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
[   37.240504] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            Optiarc  BD ROM BC-5640H  1.70 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[   37.240735] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      SAMSUNG MZRPC256 CXM0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[   37.240854] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      SAMSUNG MZRPC256 CXM0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5

Also, the dock adds the following lines to lspci:

08:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151b (rev 01)
0a:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151b (rev 01)
0a:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151b (rev 01)
0a:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151b (rev 01)
14:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151b (rev 01)
15:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151b (rev 01)
15:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151b (rev 01)
16:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 6740
16:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Device aa90
17:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151b (rev 01)
18:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151b (rev 01)
18:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151b (rev 01)
18:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151b (rev 01)
18:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151b (rev 01)
18:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 151b (rev 01)
19:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
1a:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller (rev b2)
1b:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04)

Appart from that, everything works as expected. Hope someone would have a clue.

Best.

EDIT
Apparently it only happens with the BIOS boot device configuration I had. Shall I put Internal Device first on the boot order, or disable external boot device, the message disappears completely. I would call that a workaround, but at least my problem is solved. Hope it would help.

Last edited by poco (2011-11-04 04:49:16)