Re: [PATCH] blacklist NCQ on Seagate Barracuda ST380817AS

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue Oct 02 2007 - 05:21:02 EST


Hello,

Mark Lord wrote:
> Mmm.. $66 for "open box". But the drive itself has been discontinued by
> Seagate,

Couldn't find any in SUSE and I don't think I can't find any vendor who
still carries the drive here.

> and once claimed to be "World's first SATA desktop drive with NCQ.".
>
> Probably buggy firmware after all.

Yeah, "World's first" is a pretty good clue indicating "broken".
Blacklisting it seems like a good idea after all.

Thanks.

--
tejun
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