Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263868AbTK2Sjj (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:39:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263886AbTK2Sjj (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:39:39 -0500 Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([63.247.75.124]:46006 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263868AbTK2Sji (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:39:38 -0500 Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:39:36 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik To: Miquel van Smoorenburg Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Silicon Image 3112A SATA trouble Message-ID: <20031129183936.GA23744@gtf.org> References: <3FC36057.40108@gmx.de> <3FC8BDB6.2030708@gmx.de> <20031129165648.GB14704@gtf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 05:41:14PM +0000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <20031129165648.GB14704@gtf.org>, > Jeff Garzik wrote: > >Note that (speaking technically) the SII libata driver doesn't mask all > >interrupt conditions, which is why it's listed under CONFIG_BROKEN. So > >this translates to "you might get a random lockup", which some users > >certainly do see. > > That begs the question: is that going to be fixed ? Certainly. > Also, the low performance of the IDE SII driver is because of > the bug with request-size (and the bad workaround). Was that > fixed in the libata version and if so is someone working on > porting that fix to the IDE version of the driver ? It is fixed in the libata version. Jeff - 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/