From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262030AbVBUQ3k (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:29:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262028AbVBUQ3k (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:29:40 -0500 Received: from atlmail.prod.rxgsys.com ([64.74.124.160]:46035 "EHLO bastet.signetmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262026AbVBUQ3f (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:29:35 -0500 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:29:23 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik To: Doug McLain Cc: PALFFY Daniel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sata_sil data corruption Message-ID: <20050221162923.GA29621@havoc.gtf.org> References: <421778E4.8060705@pobox.com> <4219A3AD.1000002@comcast.net> <421A0990.7070506@pobox.com> <4219C543.8030903@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4219C543.8030903@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 11:25:55AM +0000, Doug McLain wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: > >Doug McLain wrote: > > > >>The sata_sil driver is without a doubt, totally hosed. I, along with > > > > > >"without a doubt" being defined, of course, as "it works for a lot of > >people." > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > Thats like saying "turn up the radio" when your car makes a funny noise, > or "if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it, does it > make a sound?" > > It's tempting and comforting to pick the good ones as an example, and > some bugs are hard enough to find, let alone fix. In the end though, if > one is broke, it's still broke, isn't it? In this case, the bug _reports_ are hard to find. Each case with sata_sil is either solved with a BIOS update, a blacklist entry, or new cables. Just read through bugzilla.kernel.org. Jeff