From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexander Sabourenkov Subject: Re: Sata Sil3512 bug? Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:31:17 +0400 Message-ID: <47035355.2040405@lxnt.info> References: <200710030726.l937QXuV026661@harpo.it.uu.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from lxnt.info ([212.158.162.2]:57852 "EHLO mail.lxnt.info" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751777AbXJCJH0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Oct 2007 05:07:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200710030726.l937QXuV026661@harpo.it.uu.se> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mikael Pettersson Cc: MisterE2002@zonnet.nl, htejun@gmail.com, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, benh@kernel.crashing.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Mikael Pettersson wrote: >> >> I'm thinking of replacing both 3512 controllers with a Promise SATA300 >> TX4. Do you know if there are problems with this device? > > (please don't top-post) > > There are no known data-corruption issues with Promise SATA cards. > However, some of them, especially the 2nd generation SATA300 TX4, > are known to trigger intermittent error interrupts (that are dealt > with but may cause a speed reduction) in some systems. We're still > scratching our heads on that issue. > But see this thread: http://marc.info/?l=linux-ide&m=119122463403033&w=2 http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ide/msg14868.html Personally I would not recommend Promise SATA300 TX4 at the moment. -- ./lxnt