From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030312AbWJCREZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 13:04:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030327AbWJCREY (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 13:04:24 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]:36082 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030312AbWJCREX (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 13:04:23 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=m3fRNDtjoLrF3rJTqoTcqPaOASDXNTMo2Kz1XcLfMCoqLRW4cm5T6eD/1q3/kXix8mNrhGp9ytQ2rYm68oVG+vtRMWf8aQZXc12kMpuYqmWfhaMVlWCeyfyop1GoxXmK0tzM01gUzkqXpnUgURHXyBGmnC3NHicGXrmUm5sRlkY= Message-ID: Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 18:04:21 +0100 From: "Andrew Lyon" To: "Mark Lord" Subject: Re: SATA CD/DVDRW Support in 2.6.18? Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <45224554.8030005@rtr.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <45224554.8030005@rtr.ca> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Andrew Lyon wrote: > > > > ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > .. > > It looks like the interface is trying to run at 1.5Gbps which is > > obviously too fast for this drive > > No, with SATA the only two choices available today are 1.5gb/s and 3.0gb/s. > The speed-down fault-recovery logic in libata is kinda bogus for genuine SATA. > Something else must be wrong in your situation. > I have checked everything I can think of: tested that particular interface with two different hard drives tried new sata cable tested drive in windows checked for updated drive firmware tried different media I cannot find anything wrong. andy