From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tim Small Subject: Re: WRITE DMA EXT failures with JM20330 based sata2ide Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:38:25 +0100 Message-ID: <4DF12131.1070507@seoss.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from relay0.allsecurenet.com ([109.169.27.60]:50933 "EHLO relay0.allsecurenet.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754685Ab1FITi3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jun 2011 15:38:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Manuel Reimer Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 09/06/11 15:31, Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Manuel Reimer > wrote: > >> I've converted a 1,5TB SATA drive to IDE to run it on a UDMA100 IDE >> controller. >> > You're having a genuine transmission problem and I think > fixing the underlying hardware issue would be the better choice than > mucking with EH behaviors. > FWIW, I've played with three different makes and models of SATA<->PATA bridges at one time or another, and only one of them actually worked reliably with hard drives - all seemed to be OK with optical drives, but I assume that was down to their lower transmission speeds / throughput. If you have any PCI or PCIe slots available, then you may be better off buying a cheap add-in SATA controller instead (e.g. Silicon Image 3132, or second-hand 3124, or Marvell 88SExxxx). Cheers, Tim. -- South East Open Source Solutions Limited Registered in England and Wales with company number 06134732. Registered Office: 2 Powell Gardens, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1TQ VAT number: 900 6633 53 http://seoss.co.uk/ +44-(0)1273-808309