Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750969AbVI0UyX (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:54:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751031AbVI0UyX (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:54:23 -0400 Received: from gambit.vianw.pt ([195.22.31.34]:38292 "EHLO gambit.vianw.pt") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750969AbVI0UyX (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:54:23 -0400 Message-ID: <4339BFA5.6070000@esoterica.pt> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:54:45 +0000 From: Paulo da Silva User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Hancock CC: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Strange behaviour with SATA disks. Light always ON References: <4QP2K-4ML-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <43376FD1.2020306@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <43376FD1.2020306@shaw.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1256 Lines: 40 Robert Hancock wrote: > Paulo da Silva wrote: > >> Hi! >> I don't know if this is the right place to ask >> about this, or even if this is a problem at all. >> >> Anyway I didn't find relevant information on >> this ... >> >> I have just bought a new PC with two SATA drives. >> I had no problems to have them working, >> apparently fine except for one thing: >> After reading the kernel, the driver access light (led?) >> is always on! >> Is this normal? Why? > > > I don't know if this is considered "normal" but I know that the > Silicon Image chips do have a strange way of handling the access light > - it has to be specifically turned on and off by a GPIO pin in the > driver, the chip doesn't seem to handle it itself.. > Is there any intention to correct this? Should I file a bug? I think this should be trivial for those who know the driver ... BTW, the kernel configuration has a specific "option" for Silicon Image SATA, but if I choose it without "ahci" the system does not boot! Why? Thanks - 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/