From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932204AbXAPBxO (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:53:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932209AbXAPBxO (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:53:14 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:51591 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932204AbXAPBxN (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:53:13 -0500 Message-ID: <45AC3006.9070705@garzik.org> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:53:10 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061219) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Hancock , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_Steinbrin?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?k?= CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, htejun@gmail.com, jens.axboe@oracle.com Subject: Re: SATA exceptions with 2.6.20-rc5 References: <45AAC039.1020808@shaw.ca> <20070115211723.GA3750@atjola.homenet> <20070115234650.GA2124@atjola.homenet> <45AC1DA3.5040104@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <45AC1DA3.5040104@shaw.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.7 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Robert Hancock wrote: > I'll try your stress test when I get a chance, but I doubt I'll run into > the same problem and I haven't seen any similar reports. Perhaps it's > some kind of wierd timing issue or incompatibility between the > controller and that drive when running in ADMA mode? I seem to remember > various reports of issues with certain Maxtor drives and some nForce > SATA controllers under Windows at least.. Just to eliminate things, has disabling ADMA been attempted? It can be disabled using the sata_nv.adma module parameter. Jeff