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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Brad Campbell <brad@wasp.net.au>
Cc: Dave <dave.jiang@gmail.com>,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org,
	SCSI Mailing List <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>,
	RAID Linux <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: max_sectors in libata when using md
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:54:47 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <412E23E7.4040402@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <412E22D9.2060000@wasp.net.au>

Brad Campbell wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
>> Dave wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:26:22 -0400, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We could always eliminate lba48 max-sectors increase on VIA 
>>>> controllers...
>>
>>
>>
>>> Has Brad tried it with native SATA drives instead of bridges? Could be
>>> VIA controllers incompatible with PATA->SATA bridges.....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Oh wait.  That's a damned good point.
>>
>> I wonder if there is a problem with LBA48 large transfers (>256 
>> sectors) and bridges.  Is Brad definitely using a bridge?  I may have 
>> missed that detail in a flurry of emails :)
> 
> 
> Yep.. using a bridge!
> How to detect the bridge though?

It's not terribly easy :/

If you can google for the datasheet, that would be helpful.

Sometimes bridges will modify the underlying 40-char ATA model name,

	WD123456                        ADDONICS68

where "WD123456" is the underlying ATA device, and "ADDONICS68" is the 
bridge identifier.

	Jeff



  reply	other threads:[~2004-08-26 17:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-26 15:20 max_sectors in libata when using md Brad Campbell
2004-08-26 15:52 ` Dave
2004-08-26 16:30   ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-26 16:44     ` Brad Campbell
2004-08-26 17:26       ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-26 17:34         ` Dave
2004-08-26 17:44           ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-26 17:50             ` Brad Campbell
2004-08-26 17:54               ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2004-08-26 18:34                 ` Brad Campbell
2004-08-26 17:37         ` Brad Campbell
2004-08-26 16:37   ` Brad Campbell
2004-08-26 17:51     ` Jeff Garzik

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