Comment 157 for bug 1810239

Hi,
I had similar Problems with my Marvell 88EE9230. I was able to improve the situation quite a lot by updating the firmware of the controller itself. In General all firmware versions beyond version 2.3.xxx improved the situation quite a lot. The remaining problem is, that I get failures on ata6 which is the only port which is not connected to any drive at all. Any drive connected to the marvell controller itself is perfectly stable (24/7 for +400 days).

Source for Firmwares: https://www.station-drivers.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=352&func=select&id=347&lang=en

May 05 03:16:10 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x6 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
May 05 03:16:11 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
May 05 03:16:11 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: cmd 61/10:08:18:6a:14/00:00:01:00:00/40 tag 1 ncq dma 8192 out
                                                res 40/00:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
May 05 03:16:11 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: status: { DRDY }
May 05 03:16:11 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
May 05 03:16:11 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: cmd 61/10:10:10:e8:5e/00:00:3a:00:00/40 tag 2 ncq dma 8192 out
                                                res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
May 05 03:16:11 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: status: { DRDY }
May 05 03:16:11 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
May 05 03:16:11 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
May 05 06:01:33 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x60 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
May 05 06:01:33 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
May 05 06:01:33 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: cmd 61/08:28:90:da:14/00:00:23:00:00/40 tag 5 ncq dma 4096 out
                                                res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
May 05 06:01:33 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: status: { DRDY }
May 05 06:01:33 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
May 05 06:01:33 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: cmd 61/08:30:a8:fd:20/00:00:05:00:00/40 tag 6 ncq dma 4096 out
                                                res 40/00:ff:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
May 05 06:01:33 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: status: { DRDY }
May 05 06:01:33 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
May 05 06:01:33 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
May 05 06:37:03 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x30 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
May 05 06:37:03 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
May 05 06:37:03 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: cmd 61/08:20:48:08:10/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 4 ncq dma 4096 out
                                                res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
May 05 06:37:03 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: status: { DRDY }
May 05 06:37:03 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
May 05 06:37:03 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: cmd 61/08:28:00:08:10/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 5 ncq dma 4096 out
                                                res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
May 05 06:37:03 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: status: { DRDY }
May 05 06:37:03 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
May 05 06:37:03 doomsdaydevice kernel: ata6.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible