Re: System hangs when using USB 3.0 HD with on Ubuntu

Jonas Schwertfeger
2010-04-08T05:06:45Z

On 04/08/2010 12:49 AM, Mark Lord wrote:
> I do have a pre-release HDPARM that uses ATA_12 for IDENTIFY,
> as this is reported to work on this hardware, even though it is
> otherwise _identical_ to the command issue via ATA_16.
> That's another indication of a buggy/inconsistent bridge chip.
>
> And I've also added a sector count of "1" to hdparm's IDENTIFY
> commands. Properly implemented hardware/software will just ignore it
> as usual, but this bridge might benefit from it.
>
> Anyone want to give this second update a try?

Sure.

-Jonas