Re: libata badness

Jeff Garzik
2004-10-04T16:32:24Z

Mark Lord wrote:
> 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.

libata always issues SET FEATURES - XFER MODE.

Jeff