Re: [PATCH] libata: implement BROKEN_HPA horkage and apply it to HDS724040KLSA80

["Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino" <lcapitulino@mandriva.com.br>]

Em Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:50:39 +0000
kelk1@comcast.net (Quel Qun) escreveu:

|  -------------- Original message ----------------------
| From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
| > Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino wrote:
| > > Em Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:21:08 +0900
| > > Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> escreveu:
| > > 
| > > | Alan Cox wrote:
| > > | >>> I'd rather know what is going on here. A drive can legitimately
| > > | >>> support LBA48 and HPA and refuse READ_NATIVE_MAX_EXT.
| > > | >> READ_NATIVE_MAX_EXT is mandatory if HPA && LBA48, no
| > > | > 
| > > | > Ok the report in that thread is different. The offending Maxtor simply
| > > | > aborts the read_native_max_ext
| > > | 
| > > | I'll resend sans ata_id_has_hpa() change.  Does that sound okay?  I
| > > | don't really think we can do anything other than blacklisting it.
| > > 
| > >  Does that make your patch invalid or is it still ok?
| > 
| > You controller being ICH ahci, I don't think the chance of the
| > controller messing things up is pretty slim but, just in case, do you
| > have another SATA controller to cross check?  If not, can you put the
| > controller into IDE mode so that ata_piix can drive it and test whether
| > the problem persists?
| >
| Hi, 
| Unfortunately, I do not have any machine with a different controller. Whichever 
| I pick in the BIOS between ATA and AHCI, it seems that the drive is always 
| handled by the ahci module, and the boot process goes the exact same way.
| Is there a way to force the IDE mode?

 I can try it here, but maybe not today.

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Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino