Re: FUA and 311x (was Re: LibPATA code issues / 2.6.15.4)

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Mar 01 2006 - 22:11:20 EST


Jeff Garzik wrote:
Eric D. Mudama wrote:

The "failing dmesg" has the plextor connected to sata_nv, and the two
Maxtor drives connected to sata_sil, if I read it correctly. They're
ata5/ata6 ports, mapped as sda/sdb.

Nicolas' comment in the thread "Re: LibPATA code issues / 2.6.15.4"
seemed to say it was the same adapter:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114123989405668&w=2


Sounds like un-blacklisting the drive, and adding ATA_FLAG_NO_FUA is the way to go...


Agreed. I'm currently implementing VDMA on sata_sil and will get to FUA via explicit protocol soon.

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tejun
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