Re: LibPATA code issues / 2.6.15.4

From: David Greaves
Date: Wed Mar 01 2006 - 12:38:28 EST


Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Mark Lord wrote:
>
>> David Greaves wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> scsi1 : sata_sil
>>> Vendor: ATA Model: Maxtor 6B200M0 Rev: BANC
>>> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
>>> Vendor: ATA Model: Maxtor 6B200M0 Rev: BANC
>>> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
>>
>>
>>
>> I wonder if the non-FUA component here is the sata_sil,
>> rather than the two Maxtor drives.
>>
>> Also, your drives have different firmware,
>> but both have trouble with FUA here.
>
>
> sata_sil is indeed a piece of hardware that needs to know the opcodes
> ahead of time...
>
> Jeff
>
I actually have 3 of those drives - one runs through sata_via and
doesn't have the same problem.

(the sata_via ones *do* have :
ata3: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete }
ata3: PIO error
problems with SMART)

David
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