Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751656AbXBVPmD (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:42:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751658AbXBVPmB (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:42:01 -0500 Received: from brick.kernel.dk ([62.242.22.158]:4985 "EHLO kernel.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751653AbXBVPmA (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:42:00 -0500 Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:41:56 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Mark Lord Cc: Jeff Garzik , Robert Hancock , linux-kernel , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Tejun Heo Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: add NCQ blacklist entries from Silicon Image Windows driver Message-ID: <20070222154156.GB4740@kernel.dk> References: <45DD2EC9.4050403@shaw.ca> <45DD3EC7.3050801@garzik.org> <20070222113226.GI5549@kernel.dk> <45DDAB95.6070903@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45DDAB95.6070903@rtr.ca> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1327 Lines: 32 On Thu, Feb 22 2007, Mark Lord wrote: > Jens Axboe wrote: > >>Robert Hancock wrote: > >.. > >>>+ /* The following blacklist entries are taken from the Windows > >>>+ driver .inf files for the Silicon Image 3124 and 3132. */ > >>>+ { "Maxtor 7B250S0", "BANC1B70", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, }, > >>>+ { "HTS541060G9SA00", "MB3OC60D", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, }, > >>>+ { "HTS541080G9SA00", "MB4OC60D", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, }, > >>>+ { "HTS541010G9SA00", "MBZOC60D", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, }, > >>Do we have information that these drives fail on non-SiI controllers? > >> > >>Sometimes the problem can be related to a single family of controllers. > > > >I don't know about the Hitachi's, but the Maxtor with that firmware is > >definitely broken. It _appeared_ to work if the depth was limited to 4, > >but I didn't test it long enough to be absolutely certain. So the safest > >is indeed to blacklist it. > > Yes, broken on the Silicon Image controllers for sure. > But what type of controller did you observe the failures on, Jens ? achi -- Jens Axboe - 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/