Re: libata badness

Mark Lord
2004-10-04T16:08:32Z

I have used Maxtor "SATA" drives that require
the O/S to do a "SET FEATURES :: UDMA_MODE" command
on them before they will operate reliably.
This despite the SATA spec stating clearly that
such a command should/will have no effect.

I suppose libata does this already, but just in case not..
Something simple to check up on.
--
Mark Lord
(hdparm keeper & the original "Linux IDE Guy")

William Knop wrote:
>
> Ah, well all of them are Maxtor drives... One 6y250m0 and three 7y250m0
> drives. I'm using powermax on them right now. They all passed the quick
> test, and the full test results are forthcoming.