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[Matt Hanyok <1318218@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was able to recreate this same problem on an ASrock Z87E-ITX with an
mSATA SSD and both Ubuntu 12.04.5 and 14.04.1. Same series of errors in
dmesg. I did manage to get a full install done - not sure how - but when
the system boots it's prone to frequent lockups (also, occasionally, at
boot, it claims it can't find /tmp).

In fact, I've found that if I boot the system into a live environment
and just try mounting the SSD, I can see the same errors in dmesg. I can
even get into gparted and create an empty ext4 partition on the drive,
and see the errors. Even rebooting and trying to mount the empty
partition causes the errors.

All of the "help" I"ve seen directs users to try different SATA cables
or ports, but I can't put the mSATA SSD anywhere else, except in another
system (where it works just fine). I did see one reference to disabling
an ASMEDIA controller on a different ASrock motherboard, but the one I
have doesn't include such a controller - it's just the Intel ICH.

For S&G I installed the Windows 8.1 trial on this system, on the mSATA
SSD, and it runs without issue. No stutters, no lockups, no drive
errors, no SMART errors, nothing.

The really strange thing: now that I've installed Windows on it, I have
the system sitting in an Ubuntu live environment, with the windows
install mounted., I've even written a few files to it, and I'm not
seeing any errors at all.

I'm attaching output from lspci, lsusb, lshw-short and dmesg on the
system - this dmesg output comes after I mounted the windows partition
and wrote a file with some random text in it to the drive (this was
enough to cause the errors previously). Unfortunately I didn't think to
capture a dmesg prior to installing Windows 8.1 - it didn't occur to me
that the problem might go away by doing so.

I'm going to try to install Ubuntu on the drive again and see what
happens, however, if I can't duplicate the error, I'm going to be
kicking myself for not getting a dmesg from before for comparison.

** Attachment added: "dmesg.txt"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1318218/+attachment/4296303/+files/dmesg.txt

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Title:
  SATA problems on MacBook Pro 11,1?

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I installed Ubuntu 14.04 next to MacOS following the guide at
  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro11-1/Saucy/

  Looking into dmesg, I constantlz get entries like
  [  276.380934] ata1: SError: { PHYRdyChg }
  [  276.380943] ata1: hard resetting link
  [  277.103527] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
  [  277.103999] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (8)
  [  277.104504] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (8)
  [  277.104507] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33
  [  277.104629] ata1: EH complete
  [  277.206319] ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x10000 action 0xe frozen
  [  277.206328] ata1: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
  [  277.206333] ata1: SError: { PHYRdyChg }
  [  277.206343] ata1: hard resetting link
  [  277.927757] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
  [  277.928425] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (8)
  [  277.929040] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (8)
  [  277.929051] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33
  [  277.929168] ata1: EH complete
  [  278.030944] ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x10000 action 0xe frozen
  [  278.030952] ata1: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
  [  278.030957] ata1: SError: { PHYRdyChg }
  [  278.030965] ata1: hard resetting link
  [  278.752008] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
  [  278.752582] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (8)
  [  278.753140] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (8)
  [  278.753147] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33
  [  278.753231] ata1: EH complete
  [  278.853417] ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x10000 action 0xe frozen
  [  278.853424] ata1: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
  [  278.853427] ata1: SError: { PHYRdyChg }
  [  278.853434] ata1: hard resetting link
  [  279.576258] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
  [  279.576881] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (8)
  [  279.577417] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (8)
  [  279.577427] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33
  [  279.577491] ata1: EH complete
  [  279.677753] ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x10000 action 0xe frozen
  [  279.677762] ata1: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
  [  279.677767] ata1: SError: { PHYRdyChg }
  [  279.677776] ata1: hard resetting link
  [  280.400449] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
  [  280.401147] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (8)
  [  280.401722] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (8)
  [  280.401733] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33
  [  280.401809] ata1: EH complete
  [  280.502117] ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x10000 action 0xe frozen
  [  280.502127] ata1: irq_stat 0x00400000, PHY RDY changed
  [  280.502132] ata1: SError: { PHYRdyChg }

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic 3.13.0-24.47
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  markus     1663 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  markus     1663 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat May 10 19:33:44 2014
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c71381d2-e2f3-4c96-94ea-57b8986afd08
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-09 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro11,1
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=7584bc70-893a-4291-a1cb-4680f5e09d22 ro libata.force=noncq quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-24-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-24-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.127
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 10/29/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: MBP111.88Z.0138.B03.1310291227
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
  dmi.board.name: Mac-189A3D4F975D5FFC
  dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.board.version: MacBookPro11,1
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Mac-189A3D4F975D5FFC
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP111.88Z.0138.B03.1310291227:bd10/29/2013:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro11,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-189A3D4F975D5FFC:rvrMacBookPro11,1:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-189A3D4F975D5FFC:
  dmi.product.name: MacBookPro11,1
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.

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