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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] faster workaround
Alan Cox wrote:
>> The problem is that the 3112 generates Data FIS's of a size other than a
>> multiple of 512 bytes. Spec-legal, but exposed firmware bugs in many
>> early SATA drives. Early Seagate hard drives choked when the formula
>> (sector%15)==1 was satisfied (or something along those lines).
>
> And the 3114 is the same ?

3114 should not be affected by this problem (see below).

Most likely we are led down this road because the 'slow_down' module
parameter has an excellent capacity for hiding all manner of problems.

As a tangent from this thread, this is why I was OK with adding the
libata.dma even for SATA. Sometimes knobs are found useful by users,
though perhaps not its original intended use. Sometimes masking a
hardware problem can help you get through the rest of your day on hold
with vendor support :)


>> 2) Once we identified, over time, the set of drives affected by this
>> 3112 quirk (aka drives that didn't fully comply to SATA spec), the
>> debugging of corruption cases largely shifted to the standard routine:
>> update the BIOS, replace the cables/RAM/power/mainboard/slot/etc. to be
>> certain of problem location.
>
> Except for the continued series of later SI + Nvidia chipset (mostly)
> pattern which seems unanswered but also being later chips I assume
> unrelated to this problem.

The SIL_FLAG_MOD15WRITE flag is set in sil_port_info[] is set according
to the best info we have from SiI, which indicates that 3114 and 3512 do
not have the same problem as the 3112.

Jeff


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