From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Mark Lord <kernel@teksavvy.com>
Cc: Tobias Karnat <tobias.karnat@googlemail.com>,
linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sata_sil24: external raid storage mistaken as port multiplier
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:16:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CF01583.5050307@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CF014F8.9000700@teksavvy.com>
Hello,
On 11/26/2010 09:13 PM, Mark Lord wrote:
>> That said, yeah, it probably would be a good idea to add a
>> libata.force param.
>
> How about some form of auto-detection instead?
That's a device which reports that it's a PMP but fails to behave
itself as one. The sucky thing is that depending on the current mode
and firmware revision, the same hardware can actually bahave as a
pretty decent PMP. I frankly have no idea how to work it around.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-26 20:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-22 21:24 sata_sil24: external raid storage mistaken as port multiplier Tobias Karnat
2010-11-23 12:08 ` Tobias Karnat
2010-11-24 4:23 ` Tobias Karnat
2010-11-26 17:19 ` Tejun Heo
2010-11-26 20:13 ` Mark Lord
2010-11-26 20:16 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2010-11-27 2:57 ` Mark Lord
2010-11-28 10:51 ` Tobias Karnat
2010-12-03 12:45 ` Tobias Karnat
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