From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Brad Campbell <brad@wasp.net.au>
Subject: Re: max_sectors in libata when using md
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:50:17 +0400
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Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Dave wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:26:22 -0400, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We could always eliminate lba48 max-sectors increase on VIA 
>>> controllers...
> 
> 
>> Has Brad tried it with native SATA drives instead of bridges? Could be
>> VIA controllers incompatible with PATA->SATA bridges.....
> 
> 
> 
> Oh wait.  That's a damned good point.
> 
> I wonder if there is a problem with LBA48 large transfers (>256 sectors) 
> and bridges.  Is Brad definitely using a bridge?  I may have missed that 
> detail in a flurry of emails :)

Yep.. using a bridge!
How to detect the bridge though?