jeroenov

The difference in dmesg: 

6.1

Warning: unable to open an initial console.

usb 8-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using ohci-brcm

usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-brcm

usb-storage 2-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected

scsi host3: usb-storage 2-1:1.0

random: nonblocking pool is initialized

scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Seagate  Expansion Desk   9401 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6

sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0

sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Spinning up disk...

.......ready

sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).

sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] 7814037167 512-byte logical blocks: (4.00 TB/3.63 TiB)

sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off

sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 4f 00 00 00

sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA

sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).

 sda: sda1

sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).

sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk

ata1: softreset failed (device not ready)

ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)

ata1.00: ATA-8: SAMSUNG HD103SJ, 1AJ10001, max UDMA/133

ata1.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)

ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133

scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      SAMSUNG HD103SJ  0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5

sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB)

sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0

sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off

sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00

sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA

 sdb: sdb1

sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk

ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)

UBIFS: background thread "ubifs_bgt0_0" started, PID 71

UBIFS: mounted UBI device 0, volume 0, name "rootfs"

UBIFS: LEB size: 126976 bytes (124 KiB), min./max. I/O unit sizes: 2048 bytes/2048 bytes

UBIFS: FS size: 501682176 bytes (478 MiB, 3951 LEBs), journal size 9023488 bytes (8 MiB, 72 LEBs)

UBIFS: reserved for root: 0 bytes (0 KiB)

UBIFS: media format: w4/r0 (latest is w4/r0), UUID 3D59C8D0-47A4-4B54-B7C3-71B207646B40, small LPT model

VFS: Mounted root (ubifs filesystem) on device 0:13.

devtmpfs: mounted

Freeing unused kernel memory: 264K (808ee000 - 80930000)

EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)

EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)

usbcore: registered new interface driver tpm

dvb: module_layout: kernel tainted.

Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint

Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x45

input: dreambox remote control (native) as /devices/virtual/input/input0

input: dreambox advanced remote control (native) as /devices/virtual/input/input1

DVB: registering new adapter (dvb0)

platform dvb0.0: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (DVB-S2)...

platform dvb0.0: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 1 (DVB-S2)...

platform dvb0.0: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 2 (DVB-C)...

6.2

[    1.109000] Warning: unable to open an initial console.

[    1.110000] UBIFS (ubi0:0): background thread "ubifs_bgt0_0" started, PID 88

[    1.164000] usb 8-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using ohci-brcm

[    1.217000] UBIFS (ubi0:0): UBIFS: mounted UBI device 0, volume 0, name "rootfs"

[    1.217000] UBIFS (ubi0:0): LEB size: 126976 bytes (124 KiB), min./max. I/O unit sizes: 2048 bytes/2048 bytes

[    1.217000] UBIFS (ubi0:0): FS size: 501682176 bytes (478 MiB, 3951 LEBs), journal size 9023488 bytes (8 MiB, 72 LEBs)

[    1.217000] UBIFS (ubi0:0): reserved for root: 0 bytes (0 KiB)

[    1.217000] UBIFS (ubi0:0): media format: w4/r0 (latest is w5/r0), UUID 96158F43-7EC8-41BC-8F25-4E67A974373C, small LPT model

[    1.220000] VFS: Mounted root (ubifs filesystem) on device 0:12.

[    1.222000] devtmpfs: mounted

[    1.222000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 284K

[    1.222000] This architecture does not have kernel memory protection.

[    1.297000] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 320)

[    1.302000] ata1.00: ATA-8: SAMSUNG HD103SJ, 1AJ10001, max UDMA/133

[    1.302000] ata1.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)

[    1.308000] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133

[    1.308000] ata1: EH complete

[    1.308000] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      SAMSUNG HD103SJ  0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5

[    1.317000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0

[    1.318000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/932 GiB)

[    1.318000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off

[    1.318000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00

[    1.318000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA

[    1.324000]  sda: sda1

[    1.325000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk

[    1.550000] random: crng init done

[    1.684000] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-brcm

[    1.835000] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)

[    1.977000] tpm: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.

[    1.981000] usbcore: registered new interface driver tpm

[    5.031000] dvb: module_layout: kernel tainted.

[    5.031000] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint

[    8.271000] input: dreambox remote control (native) as /devices/virtual/input/input0

[    8.272000] input: dreambox advanced remote control (native) as /devices/virtual/input/input1

[    8.346000] dvbdev: DVB: registering new adapter (dvb0)

[    8.347000] platform dvb0.0: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (DVB-S2)...

[    8.348000] platform dvb0.0: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 1 (DVB-S2)...

[    8.349000] platform dvb0.0: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 2 (DVB-C)...

I have the same problem here: since 6.2 my external hard drive is not recognised. It's a 4 TB Seagate Expansion Desktop Drive. Going back to 6.1 makes it all work again.