From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Johny_=C5gotnes?= Subject: Re: Which SATA Combos To Consider? Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:50:20 +1000 Message-ID: <421A73BC.9070604@agotnes.com> References: <4213CD9E.9040703@pobox.com> <20050216174954.K10699@florence.linkmargin.com> <4213DE38.70309@pobox.com> <20050216182040.L10699@florence.linkmargin.com> <421426DB.2000308@pobox.com> <20050217085934.M10699@florence.linkmargin.com> <4214ECE9.7070502@pobox.com> <1108669364.3604.80.camel@vom> <421535F6.80609@latech.edu> <42153A89.2090909@agotnes.com> <20050218005228.GA1228@havoc.gtf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Received: from munin.agotnes.com ([202.173.149.60]:54657 "EHLO mail.agotnes.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262176AbVBUXue (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:50:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20050218005228.GA1228@havoc.gtf.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Ryan Bourgeois , Danny Cox , Linux IDE List Jeff, I swapped cables and tried 3 different RAM chips, so yep, did that :)=20 Question on that - does the RAM 'matter' as the driver doesn't use it?=20 I.e. is it used by the onboard control logic as cache? Also tried moving the card to different PCI slots, still no luck :( Now that server is my home server running off PATA drives, the SX4 card= =20 is sitting gathering dust (as I said) until I get my old PC operational= =20 again and can put the card in to re-test. A few people seem to have this problem, so it is definitely worthwhile=20 having a look at, I'd love to have a go just out of my own curiousity.=20 Closest I've been to this kinda programming is interfacing with=20 telephone switches for softphone and ACD functionality, I'm hoping=20 that'll help me get a grasp in the interrupt driven space of hardware! = :) All I need is a bit of time ;) :)J Jeff Garzik wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 10:44:57AM +1000, Johny =C5gotnes wrote: >=20 >>Just a quick note on the SX4 Card - I have seen data corruption on=20 >>hard-drives too in the simplest possible setup, so I'd stay clear of=20 >>that card until further notice. >> >>Mine is sitting in a cupboard right now, awaiting 'someone' (me, if I= =20 >>get some time to learn low-level kernel drivers) debugging the issue. >> >>Basically, accessing two drives via this card causes corruption, I ha= d=20 >>it working ok when I only accessed 1 drive, which is kinda pointless.= =2E. >=20 >=20 > I've not need about to reproduce this in the lab. >=20 > Have you tried switching out RAM and cables? >=20 > Jeff >=20 >=20 >=20