Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261428AbTGGIDm (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jul 2003 04:03:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261797AbTGGIDm (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jul 2003 04:03:42 -0400 Received: from astound-64-85-224-253.ca.astound.net ([64.85.224.253]:35340 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261428AbTGGIDi (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jul 2003 04:03:38 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 01:13:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Andre Hedrick To: Tomas Szepe cc: Vojtech Pavlik , Alan Cox , Ryan Mack , Markus Plail , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.4.21 ServerWorks DMA Bugs In-Reply-To: <20030707034217.GD303@louise.pinerecords.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1268 Lines: 41 You missed the point! Sheesh. They know the issues and take into account the problem. History in the past showed us the driver is superior to the BIOS setups. This time it bites us in the arse, then kicks us. As for OSB4 it is a dead product. Since BroadCom killed two of my principle (trusted) contacts in Serverworks (CEO and VP of Business) there is only one person high in the food chain who may be trustable but I worry. Cheers, Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Tomas Szepe wrote: > > [andre@linux-ide.org] > > > > Caution! > > > > Serverworks has OEM's who have BIOS's which are setup for a reason. > > If the BIOS is configured for any reason the the driver stomps on the BIOS > > settings there will be damage to the content on the media. > > > > Just the view from an insider in the know. > > Hmm, I certainly wouldn't expect a $3500 server to come with busted > IDE, but thanks for the suggestion, we'll take extra care. > > -- > Tomas Szepe > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/