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[Orzech <1385165@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't tested newer kernel yet, but already found another interesting
thing. When I boot the system and use VLC to play media, no problem
occurs. But after using Clementine, QuodLibet, Audacious or Banshee even
once, the ugly log is shown regardless of player being used (including
VLC).

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Title:
  "Exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4000000 action 0xe frozen" when
  playing media

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  OS:
  Linux Mint 17 XFCE 64-bit

  Also happens on:
  Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon 64-bit, Xubuntu 14.04.1 64-bit, Fedora 20.1 64-bit, Xubuntu 14.10 64-bit

  Repro:
  Just play some media, e.g. Internet radio using Quodlibet.

  Results: 
  The following is being printed to kern.log over and over again:
  kernel: [  988.235415] ata5: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4000000 action 0xe frozen
  kernel: [  988.235426] ata5: irq_stat 0x00000040, connection status changed
  kernel: [  988.235433] ata5: SError: { DevExch }
  kernel: [  988.235447] ata5: hard resetting link
  kernel: [  988.957529] ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
  kernel: [  988.973445] ata5: EH complete
  kernel: [  989.066799] ata5: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4000000 action 0xe frozen
  kernel: [  989.066811] ata5: irq_stat 0x00000040, connection status changed
  kernel: [  989.066818] ata5: SError: { DevExch }
  kernel: [  989.066832] ata5: hard resetting link
  kernel: [  991.552650] ata5: COMRESET failed (errno=-32)
  kernel: [  991.552665] ata5: reset failed (errno=-32), retrying in 8 secs
  kernel: [  999.062192] ata5: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
  kernel: [  999.062206] ata5: hard resetting link
  kernel: [  999.978013] ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
  kernel: [  999.993952] ata5: EH complete

  Expected results:
  No SATA errors happening because of media playback.

  Frequency:
  Few times a second.

  Reproducibility:
  100%

  Additional notes:
  The problem does not occur neither on Linux Mint 15 64-bit nor on Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit.

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