On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 08:50:04AM -0800, Marc MERLIN wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:29:59AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > On 02/25/2013 07:27 PM, Marc MERLIN wrote:
> > >Howdy,
> > >
> > >I seem to have the same problem (or similar) as Mathieu Desnoyers in
> > >https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/2/22/437
> > >
> > >I can reliably get my SSD to drop from the SATA bus given the right
> > >workload
> > >on linux.
> > >
> > >How can I tell if it's linux's fault of the drive's fault?
> >
> > Manually force speed to 3.0 Gbps, then 1.5 Gbps, and see what happens.
> >
> > Try module/kernel parameter libata.force=1.5Gbps or libata.force=3.0Gbps
>
> Ok, so by reading my log at time of failure, you saw that speed was
> flipping between the two? (I couldn't see that, but I'm not good at reading
> it).
>
> Also, just to make sure, you're not saying that you want me to change the
> speed at runtime, but
> 1) boot once with speed forced at 3Gbps and try and reproduce
> 2) boot a 2nd time with speed forced at 1.5Gbps and try and reproduce
>
> If libata is not a module in my kernel, I can still put
> libata.force=1.5Gbps
> on the lilo/grub command line, correct?
Jeff, could you clear up what you'd like me to try out?
Thanks,
Marc
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