Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030187AbWCALhO (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Mar 2006 06:37:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030193AbWCALhO (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Mar 2006 06:37:14 -0500 Received: from lucidpixels.com ([66.45.37.187]:12934 "EHLO lucidpixels.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030187AbWCALhM (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Mar 2006 06:37:12 -0500 Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 06:37:05 -0500 (EST) From: Justin Piszcz X-X-Sender: jpiszcz@p34 To: Mark Lord cc: "Eric D. Mudama" , Jeff Garzik , David Greaves , Tejun Heo , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, IDE/ATA development list , albertcc@tw.ibm.com, axboe@suse.de, Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: LibPATA code issues / 2.6.15.4 In-Reply-To: <4404F31D.90407@rtr.ca> Message-ID: References: <4401122A.3010908@rtr.ca> <44017B4B.3030900@dgreaves.com> <4401B560.40702@rtr.ca> <4403704E.4090109@rtr.ca> <4403A84C.6010804@gmail.com> <4403CEA9.4080603@rtr.ca> <44042863.2050703@dgreaves.com> <44046CE6.60803@rtr.ca> <44046D86.7050809@pobox.com> <311601c90602280857x3f102af5l31c9a0ac1a896b4e@mail.gmail.com> <4404F31D.90407@rtr.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1431 Lines: 38 On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Mark Lord wrote: > Eric D. Mudama wrote: >> those drives should support all FUA opcodes properly, both queued and >> unqueued > > His first drive (sda) does not support queued commands at all, > but the newer firmware in his second drive (sdb) does support NCQ. > > Both drives support FUA. > > cheers > To trust or not to trust? I have a 400GB SATA drive: WDC WD4000KD-00N. With these errors in dmesg that have been mentioned throughout the thread, should I trust Linux using this drive, or should I remove it/wait until a patch is released to address this issue? Also, in the forums (storagereview.com I believe), it has been noted that these drives do NOT work on the Intel ICH5 controller, and this turned out to be true, when I put it on the Intel ICH5, the box stalls for 2-3 minutes and then it does not see the drive. However, on the Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3112 chipset or Promise SATA/150 TX2 it works okay but it has those errors in dmesg. My question is, performing long and short smart tests, everything is physically ok with the drive; however, I probably should not use this drive for anything important in Linux, comments? Justin. - 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/