From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: sil 3114 seagate problem Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 13:53:52 -0400 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <40ED8A30.1030306@pobox.com> References: <40ED528C.1090803@objectmastery.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:52629 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262382AbUGHRyL (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jul 2004 13:54:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: <40ED528C.1090803@objectmastery.com> List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Bradley Tate Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Bradley Tate wrote: > Hi, > > > I'm having problems with a group of ST3120026AS drives (not currently in > the list) which unfortunately are mated with a 3114 controller on a Tyan > motherboard. Trying to resolve a problem installing Fedora Core2 or Suse > 9.1 eventually led me to the kernel mailing list which has indicated > that a) there is a problem and b) the fix degrades performance. > > Can you tell me if the problems with the 3114 are restricted to Seagate > drives, and everything will be rosy if I get (for example) 4 x Western > Digital 120G drives instead? I'm a little confused about the nature of > the issue/bug but I'll be happy just to get a working server at this stage. The problems with Silicon Image 311x appear to be limited to Seagate drives. Jeff