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libatasmart package

  1. Bug #445852
  2. Comment #208

Comment 208 for bug 445852

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Vishal Rao (vishalrao) wrote : Re: [Bug 445852] Re: devkit-disks-probe-ata-smart causes HSM Violations on SSD, and potential hardware death

aha! so i found another user needing the same workaround!

i had mentioned this in this bug and another and also sent a patch to
LKML which wasn't
safe enough to go in and also blogged about it: http://lahsiv.net/blog/?p=47

On 15 March 2010 02:10, Richard Ayotte <email address hidden> wrote:
> Setting libata.force=noncq fixed it for me. Disabling smart as describe
> in the workaround or forcing pio4 had no effect.
>
> Hardware: Acer Aspire One
>
> Here's what I did.
>
> sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
>
> Change the line that says:
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
> to
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash libata.force=noncq"
>
> sudo update-grub
>
> reboot.
>
> --
> devkit-disks-probe-ata-smart causes HSM Violations on SSD, and potential hardware death
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445852
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