From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: SiI 3124 bus reset issues Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:58:23 +0900 Message-ID: <4689F38F.2000305@gmail.com> References: <1182294980.7072.31.camel@sally> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.229]:24923 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752579AbXGCG63 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 02:58:29 -0400 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so1130407nze for ; Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:58:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1182294980.7072.31.camel@sally> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Gustafson Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Jeff Gustafson wrote: > Hi all, > I found issue similar to the one I am having in the archive on this > list. I never found a resolution to the problem in the archive. > I have a 4-port Sil 3124 64-bit PCI-X card in a Dell PowerEdge 750. It > is connected to four SATA hard drives in an external drive bay that > provides power and hotswap rails. > There doesn't seem to be a problem running three drives, but as soon as > I do something with a forth drive all hell breaks loose. The problem > doesn't seem localized to a slot in the drive bay or a particular drive. > The issue seems to only happen when I try to access a forth drive. > I have also tried the card in another system (in a 32-bit slot) and I > experience the same problem. What if you take the fourth drive out of the bay and power it directly from the computer's PSU? -- tejun