[SOLVED] HP ProBook 6450b: eSATA support

l1m0n4d3 · 12-10-2019, 03:08 AM

Hi all!
I'm trying to use an external HDD using his interface, system doesn't seem to notice it, since this drive is detected by my home NAS without any issue.

Code:

# lspci -vvv | grep -i 'sata'
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
        Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA v1.0 BAR4 Offset=00000004

Code:

# rescan-scsi-bus.sh                                          
Scanning SCSI subsystem for new devices
Scanning host 0 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
 Scanning for device 0 0 0 0 ...  
OLD: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
      Vendor: ATA      Model: SATA SSD         Rev: M030
      Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Scanning host 1 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
 Scanning for device 1 0 0 0 ...  
OLD: Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
      Vendor: ATA      Model: Hitachi HTS54503 Rev: C60N
      Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Scanning host 2 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
Scanning host 3 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
Scanning host 4 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
Scanning host 5 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
0 new or changed device(s) found.           
0 remapped or resized device(s) found.
0 device(s) removed.

Is the eSATA port maybe controlled by another chip? In the BIOS options it's activated, by the way.
I guess it depends on a missing kernel module.

And yes, that's an external 3.5" HDD, power is provided, as a blue LED confirms.
Thanks in advance!

mrmazda · 12-10-2019, 05:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by l1m0n4d3

Is the eSATA port maybe controlled by another chip?

It's not unusual:

Code:

# inxi -SDM
System:    Host: fi965 Kernel: 4.12.14-lp150.12.82-default x86_64 bits: 64 Console: tty 3 Distro: openSUSE Leap 15.0 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P5B-Deluxe v: Rev 1.xx serial: MB-1234567890 BIOS: American Megatrends v: 1238 
           date: 09/30/2008 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.60 TiB used: 238.92 GiB (14.6%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AAKS-75YGA0 size: 465.76 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST3500418AS size: 465.76 GiB 
           ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Seagate model: ST3500630AS size: 465.76 GiB 
           ID-4: /dev/sdh vendor: Apacer model: APS-SL3N-256 size: 238.47 GiB # in Rosewill eSATA case
# lsscsi | grep -i ata
[0:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      WDC WD5000AAKS-7 1C02  /dev/sda 
[1:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      ST3500418AS      CC46  /dev/sdb 
[3:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      ST3500630AS      E     /dev/sdc 
[6:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      APS-SL3N-256     11.2  /dev/sdh 
# lspci | grep -i ata
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HR/HO/HH (ICH8R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)
03:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller (rev 02)
03:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB363 SATA/IDE Controller (rev 02)
# lsmod | egrep -i 'ata|ahci|scsi' | sort
ahci                   40960  29
ata_generic            16384  0
iscsi_boot_sysfs       16384  1 iscsi_ibft
iscsi_ibft             16384  0
libahci                40960  1 ahci
pata_jmicron           16384  0
scsi_dh_alua           20480  0
scsi_dh_emc            16384  0
scsi_dh_rdac           16384  0
# dmesg | tail -n24
[  242.909330] ata7: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[  242.909459] ata7.00: ATA-11: APS-SL3N-256, SBFM11.2, max UDMA/133
[  242.909461] ata7.00: 500118192 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[  242.909590] ata7.00: configured for UDMA/133
[  242.909595] ata7: EH complete
[  242.909748] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      APS-SL3N-256     11.2 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[  242.911414] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdh] 500118192 512-byte logical blocks: (256 GB/238 GiB)
[  242.911432] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdh] Write Protect is off
[  242.911434] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdh] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[  242.911463] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdh] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[  242.914521] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg8 type 0
[  242.929339] ata7.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x20 SErr 0x780100 action 0x6
[  242.929341] ata7.00: irq_stat 0x08000000
[  242.929343] ata7: SError: { UnrecovData 10B8B Dispar BadCRC Handshk }
[  242.929345] ata7.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED
[  242.929349] ata7.00: cmd 60/08:28:00:08:5d/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 5 ncq dma 4096 in
                        res 40/00:28:00:08:5d/00:00:07:00:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
[  242.929350] ata7.00: status: { DRDY }
[  242.929353] ata7: hard resetting link
[  243.405333] ata7: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[  243.405599] ata7.00: configured for UDMA/133
[  243.405608] ata7: EH complete
[  243.405695]  sdh: sdh1 sdh2 sdh3 sdh4 < sdh5 sdh6 >
[  243.407887] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdh] Attached SCSI disk

l1m0n4d3 · 12-11-2019, 02:53 PM

Drive detected after

Code:

# rescan-scsi-bus.sh -a
Scanning SCSI subsystem for new devices
Scanning host 0 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
 Scanning for device 0 0 0 0 ...  
OLD: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
      Vendor: ATA      Model: SATA SSD         Rev: M030
      Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Scanning host 1 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
 Scanning for device 1 0 0 0 ...  
OLD: Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
      Vendor: ATA      Model: Hitachi HTS54503 Rev: C60N
      Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Scanning host 2 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
Scanning host 3 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
Scanning host 4 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
 Scanning for device 4 0 0 0 ...            
NEW: Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
      Vendor: ATA      Model: WDC WD10EARS-22Y Rev: 0A80
      Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Scanning host 5 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
1 new or changed device(s) found.           
        [4:0:0:0]
0 remapped or resized device(s) found.
0 device(s) removed.

After mount in graphical mode, data transfer is possible as superuser only, anyway.
Is there a way to get an automatic detection (like via USB)?

mrmazda · 12-12-2019, 02:11 AM

The superuser can alter the permissions to permit access to normal users, but the more fundamental problem I don't know how to solve. IIRC, udisks should be finding the newly connected disk automatically. Partprobe also might be able to wake up the new connection. What might really solve the problem would be to go ahead and upgrade to 15.1 if you're still using 15.0. Support for 15.0 ended last month. I'm a regular user of zypper dup for openSUSE upgrades, which work very well for me. https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade

l1m0n4d3 · 12-12-2019, 05:37 AM

OK. Version has been upgraded since a couple of months, just my profile not yet, sorry.