side_ss(): Bailing out on bad IDE status (0x7f)

[Peter Schmidt_1]

If I boot my HP-UX (11.0) machine I get this error message:

side_ss(): Bailing out on bad IDE status (0x7f) on index 2
side_ss(): Bailing out on bad IDE status (0x7f) on index 3

On the IDE Port is only the CD-Rom connected which is working.

I don???t have any ideas what can be the problem.

Thanks for any help.

Peter

[melvyn burnard · Accepted solution]

This is due to the fact that you could have multiple devices on the IDE bus, but the driver isonly finding one.
PHKL_20822 or it's superceding patch should help alleviate these symptoms, although they are harmless.
HTH

[S.K. Chan]

The messages are related to the IDE driver. It will appear every time the driver communicate with the CD-ROM. They are not destructive. Please check if you got path PHKL_20822 (IDE/ATAPI) patch installed. Apparently this patch will get rid of the annoying message.