Re: Silicon Image 3112A SATA trouble

Jeff Garzik
2003-11-29T17:00:28Z

On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 04:39:34PM +0100, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote:
> Holy Shit!
>
> I just tried the libata driver and it ROCKSSSS! So far, at least.
>
> I already wrote about the crappy SiI3112 ide driver, now with libata I
> get >60mb/sec!!!! More then I get with windows.
>
> Also tests with dd. This rocks. Lets see whether it likes swsup, as well...
>
> So folks, try libata, as well.

Thanks :)

Note that (speaking technically) the SII libata driver doesn't mask all
interrupt conditions, which is why it's listed under CONFIG_BROKEN. So
this translates to "you might get a random lockup", which some users
certainly do see.

For other users, the libata SII driver works flawlessly for them...

Jeff