Confirm this is still a problem in 8.10 release. Toshiba M30 Laptop.
root@laptop:~# uname -a Linux laptop 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux root@laptop:~# dmesg | tail [ 283.736077] pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0 [ 283.738252] pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 [ 283.782673] scsi3 : pata_pcmcia [ 283.784341] ata4: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0x3040 ctl 0x304e irq 4 [ 288.948083] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91) [ 288.948104] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4) [ 299.112210] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91) [ 299.112230] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4) [ 309.276082] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91) [ 309.276103] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4) root@laptop:~# pccardctl ident Socket 0: product info: "SanDisk", "SDP", "5/3 0.6", "" manfid: 0x0045, 0x0401 function: 4 (fixed disk)
Confirm this is still a problem in 8.10 release. Toshiba M30 Laptop.
root@laptop:~# uname -a
Linux laptop 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
root@laptop:~# dmesg | tail
[ 283.736077] pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
[ 283.738252] pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
[ 283.782673] scsi3 : pata_pcmcia
[ 283.784341] ata4: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0x3040 ctl 0x304e irq 4
[ 288.948083] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91)
[ 288.948104] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4)
[ 299.112210] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91)
[ 299.112230] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4)
[ 309.276082] ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91)
[ 309.276103] ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4)
root@laptop:~# pccardctl ident
Socket 0:
product info: "SanDisk", "SDP", "5/3 0.6", ""
manfid: 0x0045, 0x0401
function: 4 (fixed disk)