From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mtths@nurfuerspam.de Subject: inic162x Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 21:25:28 +0100 Message-ID: <2171761.W9v3jf2zpF@c21> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Return-path: Received: from mail06do.versatel.de ([89.245.129.26]:42184 "EHLO mail06do.versatel.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751199AbbACUcU (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2015 15:32:20 -0500 Received: from i5387af86.versanet.de (HELO nn) (eid-h4f8w@versanet.de@[83.135.175.134]) (envelope-sender ) by mail06do.versatel.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with ESMTPA for ; 3 Jan 2015 20:25:37 -0000 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hi, a simple question about the module sata_inic162x: Is there a chance that the driver will reach a stable state? A card with such a controller was used mainly for video recording - and, yes, there were errors ... After a short test it seemed that copying big files or many small files resulted in corrupted copies; only writing infrequently small files was okay. This applies to both channels / ports. The card is an equip 111817 (S/N: 11072600052): 1 internal + 1 external port Initio INIC-1622TA2 RAID-BIOS: version 1.11 lspci: 1101:1622 If you want additional information or tests, let me know. (On the other hand: Mark it as broken - there are inexpensive alternatives ...) Matthias