Re: [PATCH] libata: add NCQ blacklist entries from Silicon Image Windows driver

Jens Axboe
2007-02-22T15:42:03Z

On Thu, Feb 22 2007, Mark Lord wrote:
> Jens Axboe wrote:
> >>Robert Hancock wrote:
> >..
> >>>+ /* The following blacklist entries are taken from the Windows
> >>>+ driver .inf files for the Silicon Image 3124 and 3132. */
> >>>+ { "Maxtor 7B250S0", "BANC1B70", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, },
> >>>+ { "HTS541060G9SA00", "MB3OC60D", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, },
> >>>+ { "HTS541080G9SA00", "MB4OC60D", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, },
> >>>+ { "HTS541010G9SA00", "MBZOC60D", ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, },
> >>Do we have information that these drives fail on non-SiI controllers?
> >>
> >>Sometimes the problem can be related to a single family of controllers.
> >
> >I don't know about the Hitachi's, but the Maxtor with that firmware is
> >definitely broken. It _appeared_ to work if the depth was limited to 4,
> >but I didn't test it long enough to be absolutely certain. So the safest
> >is indeed to blacklist it.
>
> Yes, broken on the Silicon Image controllers for sure.
> But what type of controller did you observe the failures on, Jens ?

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