Ubuntu 8.04 error on 2nd disk on an old IDE machine - revalidation failed

Aug 5 17:56:35 bofh kernel: [ 21.166466] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST380013AS 3.18 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Aug 5 17:56:35 bofh kernel: [ 21.173167] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Aug 5 17:56:35 bofh kernel: [ 21.173268] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488281250 512-byte hardware sectors (250000 MB)
Aug 5 17:56:35 bofh kernel: [ 21.173279] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Aug 5 17:56:35 bofh kernel: [ 21.173281] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Aug 5 17:56:35 bofh kernel: [ 21.173294] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Aug 5 17:56:35 bofh kernel: [ 21.173333] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488281250 512-byte hardware sectors (250000 MB)
Aug 5 17:56:35 bofh kernel: [ 21.173341] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Aug 5 17:56:35 bofh kernel: [ 21.173343] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Aug 5 17:56:35 bofh kernel: [ 21.173356] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Aug 5 17:56:35 bofh kernel: [ 21.173358] sda:<4>Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods

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Ubuntu 8.04
2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:43:41 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
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Well, testing Intrepid BETA, i MUST report that:

1) Kernel 2.6.27-6 fixed the problem!!!

2) BUT with current Kernel 2.6.27-7 we had a regression to the initial error.
The second PATA HD is not configured.

Here it's part of dmesg error:
[ 4.243667] pata_via 0000:00:11.1: version 0.3.3
[ 4.243693] pata_via 0000:00:11.1: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
[ 4.243699] pata_via 0000:00:11.1: VIA VLink IRQ fixup, from 255 to 10
[ 4.244405] scsi1 : pata_via
[ 4.244905] scsi2 : pata_via
[ 4.248342] ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xe000 irq 14
[ 4.248347] ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xe008 irq 15
...
[ 6.520102] ata1.01: failed to set max address (err_mask=0x1)
[ 6.520109] ata1.01: device aborted resize (312581808 -> 390721968), skipping HPA handling
[ 6.520119] ata1.01: ATA-6: DupliDisk IDE RAID-1 Adapter( 3.37), 08.02D08, max UDMA/100
[ 6.520123] ata1.01: 312581808 sectors, multi 16: LBA48
[ 6.538387] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 6.552303] ata1.01: n_sectors mismatch 312581808 != 390721967
[ 6.552308] ata1.01: revalidation failed (errno=-19)
[ 6.552317] ata1.01: limiting speed to UDMA/100:PIO3
[ 9.568434] ata1.01: n_sectors mismatch 312581808 != 390721967
[ 9.568439] ata1.01: revalidation failed (errno=-19)
[ 9.568445] ata1.01: disabled

As always it could be fixed using "all_generic_ide" statement.

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still happens in 2.6.24-28 (8.04 server) when a Hitachi 7K2000 disk is moved from onboard sata on nforce430-based motherboard were it runs fine (sata_nv) to external sata on sil3132 controller (sata_sil24), the drive is NOT recovered automatically when it is moved back to mobo.