Re: Linux 2.6.24 sata_promise SATA300TX4 problems

[Peter Favrholdt <linux-ide@how.dk>]

Hi Mikael,

Thanks!

It works perfectly at 1.5Gbps :-)

I think that because it fails at 3Gbps it might eventually fail at 
1.5Gbps also... And the error handling was not robust (in my setup with 
these drives at 3Gbps).

If I can help investigate further, I'm happy to do that. I have a spare 
controller card so I could try swapping them.  Do you have any 
suggestions for what I should try next?

Best regards,

Peter

Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> Peter Favrholdt writes:
>  > If it is not too much of a hassle, could you please make a 1.5Gbps patch 
>  > for 2.6.24 for me to try out? If it solves the problem (without me ever 
>  > touching the cables) we know for sure it is speed-related and not due to 
>  > kernel version.
> 
> No problem. I had intended to drop that patch after 2.6.24-rc8 as it
> ought to be obsolete, but then again it might not be. It's available here:
> <http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.6/patch-sata_promise-limit-sataii-to-1.5Gbps-2.6.24>