Re: dma errors with sata_sil and Seagate disk

[Jeff Garzik]

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Iau, 2004-12-02 at 10:01, MÃns RullgÃrd wrote:
>
> > Is there some problem with Seagate drives in general?  I'm using two
> > ST3160827AS drives on an SI3114 controller, and haven't seen any
> > glitches yet.  That model is not in the blacklist, and performance is
> > what I'd usually expect.  Is it pure luck that has kept me away from
> > problems?
>
>
> I've never been able to get a non NDA list of the affected drives. Got
> to love vendors some days

I seriously doubt a complete list exists, NDA or no.  You'd have to poll 
each vendor.

I also suspect that a few of the more recent Seagate additions are 
simply masking a problem in the BIOS.

SiI 311x problems have a history of resolving themselves through BIOS 
updates and tweaks.  Most recently a lockup was solved by tweaking a 
'byte enable' setting in an nForce mobo BIOS.

	Jeff



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