From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Milan Burgdorf Subject: Re: Request to 2.6.24/patch-sata_promise-limit-sataii-to-1.5Gbps-2.6.24 because it doesn't work Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:44:28 +0100 Message-ID: <4AEDACDC.2010609@wwwburgdorf.de> References: <200910231231.n9NCVbIV011530@post.webmailer.de> <19169.44382.793296.116944@pilspetsen.it.uu.se> <4AE85B32.7050203@wwwburgdorf.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mo-p00-ob.rzone.de ([81.169.146.162]:19679 "EHLO mo-p00-ob.rzone.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752896AbZKAPod (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:44:33 -0500 Received: from [10.12.79.11] (p54AE7A9A.dip.t-dialin.net [84.174.122.154]) by post.strato.de (klopstock mo27) (RZmta 22.1) with ESMTP id k0566clA1FW356 for ; Sun, 1 Nov 2009 16:44:34 +0100 (MET) In-Reply-To: <4AE85B32.7050203@wwwburgdorf.de> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org >> the 2.6.32-rc kernel has updates for the controller reset operations >> which may help get stubborn disks back on line. That patch is available >> for 2.6.28 to 2.6.31 kernels in the patch repository you mention below. > >> Libata has a generic libata.force= parameter which can be used to tweak >> various settings, including 1.5Gbps vs 3Gbps. I haven't used it myself, >> but see Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt for details. > Now I'm using Xubuntu 9.10 with Kernel 2.6.31. "libata.force=1.5Gbps" parameter at kernel starting works very fine up to now. During the next days I'll patch the sata_promise module with your additions to test the "other" way. Thank you very much! My problem is solved!!! Milan