From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265208AbUELT5L (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 May 2004 15:57:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265207AbUELT5L (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 May 2004 15:57:11 -0400 Received: from smtpq3.home.nl ([213.51.128.198]:57576 "EHLO smtpq3.home.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265208AbUELT5B (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 May 2004 15:57:01 -0400 Message-ID: <40A2812B.4080004@keyaccess.nl> Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 21:55:23 +0200 From: Rene Herman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040117 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Eric D. Mudama" CC: Robert Hancock , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.6 "IDE cache-flush at shutdown fixes" References: <008201c437e7$b1a35160$6601a8c0@northbrook> <20040512185224.GA2658@bounceswoosh.org> In-Reply-To: <20040512185224.GA2658@bounceswoosh.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AtHome-MailScanner-Information: Neem contact op met support@home.nl voor meer informatie X-AtHome-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Eric D. Mudama wrote: Thanks much for responding. I have one of these maxtor drives. > Note that this only affects newer drives (last 18 months or so) that > are <120GB. (Yes, I know that is still a truckload) Possibly <=, but at least both 6Y120P0 (120G, 8M cache) en 6Y120L0 (120G, 2M cache) are affected. Experiencing it myself on 6Y120P0. > There are a gazillion of these in the field (we sell ~60 million > drives/year?) so I don't believe a firmware "upgrade" or equivalent > simply is logistically possible, but this inconsistency is going to be > addressed in future products, I'm making sure of it. As to logistics... must say I'd already be satisfied with a new firmware downloadable from the maxtor site and a means to upload it. Of course, a linux means would be best for me. If not possible, real-mode DOS is useable. > If anyone has questions, please don't hesitate to email and I'll do my > best to help. Thanks for responding! Please do consider making an updated firmware available through the site... Rene.