From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brad Campbell Subject: Re: Inclusion of patch for Promise SATAII 150 TX4 in mainline 2.6 kernel? Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 08:19:00 +0400 Message-ID: <42083DB4.7050408@wasp.net.au> References: <4207DFF4.8010208@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: from wasp.net.au ([203.190.192.17]:51860 "EHLO wasp.net.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261461AbVBHETI (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Feb 2005 23:19:08 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4207DFF4.8010208@pobox.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Mark Hahn , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Resch Jeff Garzik wrote: > Mark Hahn wrote: > >> >> I had good luck with this patch as well. I think the SATA-SMART patches >> should go in too, even if they aren't perfect yet... > > > The Promise SATAII patch went in today. > > The SMART patches absolutely -should not- go in. Certain common hdparm > commands can cause data corruption rather than produce expected results. In addition to the bug Andy Warner mentioned previously about the passthrough extensions causing oopses on SMP machines. For basic use on UP they are fine, I have been beating on the for months now, but they still have holes big enough to shoot through if you are not careful. Brad -- "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams