Re: SC1200 failure in 2.6.23 and 2.6.24-rc1-git10

Alan Cox
2007-11-07T22:55:13Z

> CFA spec requires 848a in word[0], not 844a, which explains
> why hdparm thought it might be ATAPI. I've updated my hdparm
> source to detect this for hdparm-7.8 (unreleased).
> That card (16MB) is definitely buggy.
> But your other (1GB) card looks fine.
>
> Thanks. Somebody else may help with the libata issue.

848A is the preferred configuration value

The use of 044A is also allowed in the case of it being non-removable.
Guess someone got muddled up in the middle.

844A is a bit iffy and it should still be detectable as Word 83 bit 2
should be set ?

As to the old IDE (not libata ?) issue - I suspect a convertor without
DMA support as a first guess.

Alan