timing mode failed?

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#1

I get this error from the log files,
could someone explain it for me.

<3>ata1: ACPI get timing mode failed (AE 0x300d)
<3>ata2: ACPI get timing mode failed (AE 0x300d)

System is Old duel P-III with a gig of ram.
Maxtor 120 gig HD UDMA mode 5 (OpenSuSe 11.1)
Western Digital 40 gig HD UDMA mode 5 (Windows 2000)
DVD recorder ??? can’t remember what

System works good but would like to know what the error means.

#2

The ACPI daemon tries to get info about the ata interface (ata1 and ata2 are what the 2 hdd’s connect to AFAIK). Might just be a feature that it’s trying to use but is not available on this hardware.

If the system works good, I wouldn’t bother about it.

#3

I knew it was about the HD interface.
Guess your right…I don’t need to worry about it.
Thanks Knurpht