From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Al Viro Subject: Re: /dev/sda with 8 byte offset Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:03:59 +0100 Message-ID: <20070926210359.GS8181@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <46FAC72F.5020304@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46FAC72F.5020304@s5r6.in-berlin.de> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux1394-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux1394-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Stefan Richter Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux1394-user@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:55:11PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: > Strange. I haven't heard of this before. From which vendor and model > is the device, and do you know which chip is on its IDE bridge board? I've seen it, all right. 8 bytes stuck in FIFO, pl3507 IDE bridge, and judging by google search that turd is b0rken regardless of the OS (along the lines of "works under Windows if you power-cycle it once in about half an hour"). Suggested fix: use as a barf-bag; the authors of that thing certainly had done that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/