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From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Strange behaviour with SATA disks. Light always ON
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 21:49:37 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43376FD1.2020306@shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4QP2K-4ML-7@gated-at.bofh.it>

Paulo da Silva wrote:
> Hi!
> I don't know if this is the right place to ask
> about this, or even if this is a problem at all.
> 
> Anyway I didn't find relevant information on
> this ...
> 
> I have just bought a new PC with two SATA drives.
> I had no problems to have them working,
> apparently fine except for one thing:
> After reading the kernel, the driver access light (led?)
> is always on!
> Is this normal? Why?

I don't know if this is considered "normal" but I know that the Silicon 
Image chips do have a strange way of handling the access light - it has 
to be specifically turned on and off by a GPIO pin in the driver, the 
chip doesn't seem to handle it itself..

-- 
Robert Hancock      Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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       reply	other threads:[~2005-09-26  3:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <4QP2K-4ML-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
2005-09-26  3:49 ` Robert Hancock [this message]
2005-09-27 21:54   ` Strange behaviour with SATA disks. Light always ON Paulo da Silva
     [not found] <4QSjW-N8-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <4QSjW-N8-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]   ` <4RuIM-7uQ-39@gated-at.bofh.it>
2005-09-28  0:45     ` Robert Hancock
2005-09-26  1:24 Paulo da Silva
2005-09-28  6:46 ` Jens Axboe
2005-09-28 20:14   ` Paulo da Silva

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