From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: MisterE Subject: Re[2]: Sata Sil3512 bug? Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:07:03 +0200 Message-ID: <1398538486.20071014140703@zonnet.nl> References: <200710030726.l937QXuV026661@harpo.it.uu.se> <47035355.2040405@lxnt.info> Reply-To: MisterE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp.publishnet.nl ([212.241.49.8]:2436 "EHLO smtp.pn.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755349AbXJNMDn (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Oct 2007 08:03:43 -0400 Received: from localhost ([84.246.52.165]) by smtp.pn.nl (smtp.pn.nl [212.241.49.8]) (MDaemon.PRO.v8.1.3.R) with ESMTP id 18-md50000104606.msg for ; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:03:22 +0200 In-Reply-To: <47035355.2040405@lxnt.info> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alexander Sabourenkov Cc: Mikael Pettersson , htejun@gmail.com, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, benh@kernel.crashing.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hello, Alexander, does these problems with the Promise SATA300 TX4 happen to everyone? The only alternatives are using soft-raid products as normal controllers. Does anyone have experiences with the following products? * Highpoint RocketRAID 1640 (150 MB/s) * Highpoint RocketRAID 1740 (300 MB/s) * Adaptec 1210SA Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 10:31:17 AM, you wrote: > Mikael Pettersson wrote: >>> >>> I'm thinking of replacing both 3512 controllers with a Promise SATA300 >>> TX4. Do you know if there are problems with this device? >> >> (please don't top-post) >> >> There are no known data-corruption issues with Promise SATA cards. >> However, some of them, especially the 2nd generation SATA300 TX4, >> are known to trigger intermittent error interrupts (that are dealt >> with but may cause a speed reduction) in some systems. We're still >> scratching our heads on that issue. >> > But see this thread: > http://marc.info/?l=linux-ide&m=119122463403033&w=2 > http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ide/msg14868.html > Personally I would not recommend Promise SATA300 TX4 at the moment. -- Best regards, MisterE mailto:MisterE2002@zonnet.nl