Re: FUA and 311x (was Re: LibPATA code issues / 2.6.15.4)

["Eric D. Mudama" <edmudama@gmail.com>]

On 3/1/06, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
> Eric D. Mudama wrote:
> > On 3/1/06, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> >>This also begs the question... what controller was being used, when the
> >>single Maxtor device listed in the blacklist was added?  Perhaps it was
> >>a problem with the controller, not the device.
> >>
> >>        Jeff
> >
> >
> > As reported here:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=177951
> >
> > the controller was a 3114, and the bug was "fixed" by blacklisting his
> > Maxtor drive's FUA support.  I'd like Maxtor drives to be
> > un-blacklisted if possible.
>
> If its 3114 I agree un-blacklisting is the way to go... but its not
> clear to me whether the problematic configuration included sata_sil or
> sata_nv.  Since I'm apparently blind :) which part of the bug points
> conclusively to sata_sil?
>
>         Jeff

The "failing dmesg" has the plextor connected to sata_nv, and the two
Maxtor drives connected to sata_sil, if I read it correctly.  They're
ata5/ata6 ports, mapped as sda/sdb.

Nicolas' comment in the thread "Re: LibPATA code issues / 2.6.15.4"
seemed to say it was the same adapter:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114123989405668&w=2

--eric