Re: libata: dma, io error messages

[Eric D. Mudama]

On Fri, Aug  6 at 11:40, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> libata does not (yet) retry cable errors, for example.  Paul, don't 
> automatically assume the disk is bad, try swapping cables.

In practice with large #s of drives, cable errors are a given, even
with good cables... eventually *something* is going to glitch, we see
it all the time in our testing, especially at elevated temperatures.

--eric


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