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From: Manuel Reimer <Manuel.Spam@nurfuerspam.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Massive IDE problems. Who leaves data here?
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:29:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4798BD07.4040505@nurfuerspam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080122222539.5643d6ae@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>

Alan Cox wrote:
> Yes, or dodgy connectors or other problems. The CRC itself is computed by
> the hardware each end so a BadCRC error really means the two ends
> disagree about the data. 

I'll have a closer look at the connectors, but as I replaced the whole 
cable for the fourth time, today, I don't think, that the connectors are 
the reason. Plugging in and out should have cleaned the connectors.

> That is *usually* a cable/electrical noise problem. It can be power and
> it can occasionally show up if the software misprograms the timing so the
> two ends are a bit out of sync.

Even if it *would* be a timing problem, I would be unable to debug or 
fix this.

Yours

Manuel


  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-24 16:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-22 20:24 Manuel Reimer
2008-01-22 20:25 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-01-22 20:40   ` Manuel Reimer
2008-01-22 20:46     ` Ray Lee
2008-01-22 21:04       ` Manuel Reimer
2008-01-22 21:12         ` Ray Lee
2008-01-24 16:25           ` Manuel Reimer
2008-01-24 16:26           ` Manuel Reimer
2008-01-22 23:50         ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-01-24 16:27           ` Manuel Reimer
2008-01-22 22:25     ` Alan Cox
2008-01-24 16:29       ` Manuel Reimer [this message]
2008-01-23  1:03 ` Bill Davidsen

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