Comment 182 for bug 264789

$ uname -a
Linux ehrlichman 2.6.31-16-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 3 22:00:22 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

[ 567.800086] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[ 567.933509] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 567.981341] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[ 567.982922] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 567.983210] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 567.983218] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 567.984879] usb-storage: device found at 5
[ 567.984885] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 572.984308] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 572.985296] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Initio 0G9SA00 4.46 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 572.986231] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 573.004776] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 156301488 512-byte logical blocks: (80.0 GB/74.5 GiB)
[ 573.005514] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 573.005522] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
[ 573.005528] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 573.007013] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 573.007022] sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 < sdb5 sdb6 sdb7 >
[ 573.120079] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 573.120090] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[ 575.955694] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 575.955739] EXT3-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
[ 576.089460] EXT3 FS on sdb7, internal journal
[ 576.089471] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
[ 576.194774] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with writeback data mode.
[ 578.858365] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 578.858386] EXT3-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
[ 578.858938] EXT3 FS on sdb5, internal journal
[ 578.858945] EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
[ 578.859564] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with writeback data mode.
[ 1484.334878] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : No Sense [current]
[ 1484.334893] Info fld=0x0
[ 1484.334898] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: No additional sense information
[ 1511.226389] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : No Sense [current]
[ 1511.226405] Info fld=0x0
[ 1511.226410] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: No additional sense information

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 13fd:1650 Initio Corporation
Device Descriptor:
  bLength 18
  bDescriptorType 1
  bcdUSB 2.00
  bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass 0
  bDeviceProtocol 0
  bMaxPacketSize0 64
  idVendor 0x13fd Initio Corporation
  idProduct 0x1650
  bcdDevice 4.46
  iManufacturer 1 Initio
  iProduct 2 0G9SA00
  iSerial 3 00101016500000000
  bNumConfigurations 1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength 9
    bDescriptorType 2
    wTotalLength 32
    bNumInterfaces 1
    bConfigurationValue 1
    iConfiguration 0
    bmAttributes 0xc0
      Self Powered
    MaxPower 0mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength 9
      bDescriptorType 4
      bInterfaceNumber 0
      bAlternateSetting 0
      bNumEndpoints 2
      bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
      bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
      bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip)
      iInterface 0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength 7
        bDescriptorType 5
        bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes 2
          Transfer Type Bulk
          Synch Type None
          Usage Type Data
        wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
        bInterval 0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength 7
        bDescriptorType 5
        bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes 2
          Transfer Type Bulk
          Synch Type None
          Usage Type Data
        wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
        bInterval 0
Device Status: 0x2735
  Self Powered
  Test Mode

The first time this happened, I read 14 gigabytes from the drive before the problem started. The second time this happened, I read 10 gigabytes from the drive before the problem recurred.

This USB<->SATA controller worked great for many many gigabytes under 9.04.

Thanks