[ 18.960022] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 23.608020] ata6: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 28.968016] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 33.616020] ata6: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 38.976019] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 68.660021] ata6: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 68.660068] ata6: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[ 73.684018] ata6: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 73.684062] ata6: reset failed, giving up
[ 73.684114] ata6: hard resetting link
[ 79.044019] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 83.692018] ata6: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 83.692062] ata6: hard resetting link
[ 84.012025] ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
[ 84.012032] ata6: EH complete
plugging of drive works. Nforce-3 here too. Drive is barracude 7200.8, which is same age as chipset so sata-I i believe...
I can confirm,
$ uname -r
2.6.27-10-generic
[ 18.960022] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 23.608020] ata6: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 28.968016] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 33.616020] ata6: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 38.976019] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 68.660021] ata6: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 68.660068] ata6: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[ 73.684018] ata6: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 73.684062] ata6: reset failed, giving up
[ 73.684114] ata6: hard resetting link
[ 79.044019] ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 83.692018] ata6: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[ 83.692062] ata6: hard resetting link
[ 84.012025] ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
[ 84.012032] ata6: EH complete
plugging of drive works. Nforce-3 here too. Drive is barracude 7200.8, which is same age as chipset so sata-I i believe...