Re: SATA exceptions with 2.6.20-rc5

[Jeff Garzik]

Robert Hancock wrote:
> I'll try your stress test when I get a chance, but I doubt I'll run into 
> the same problem and I haven't seen any similar reports. Perhaps it's 
> some kind of wierd timing issue or incompatibility between the 
> controller and that drive when running in ADMA mode? I seem to remember 
> various reports of issues with certain Maxtor drives and some nForce 
> SATA controllers under Windows at least..


Just to eliminate things, has disabling ADMA been attempted?

It can be disabled using the sata_nv.adma module parameter.

	Jeff


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