Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:54:45 +0000 | From | Paulo da Silva <> | Subject | Re: Strange behaviour with SATA disks. Light always ON |
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Robert Hancock wrote:
> Paulo da Silva wrote: > >> Hi! >> I don't know if this is the right place to ask >> about this, or even if this is a problem at all. >> >> Anyway I didn't find relevant information on >> this ... >> >> I have just bought a new PC with two SATA drives. >> I had no problems to have them working, >> apparently fine except for one thing: >> After reading the kernel, the driver access light (led?) >> is always on! >> Is this normal? Why? > > > I don't know if this is considered "normal" but I know that the > Silicon Image chips do have a strange way of handling the access light > - it has to be specifically turned on and off by a GPIO pin in the > driver, the chip doesn't seem to handle it itself.. > Is there any intention to correct this? Should I file a bug? I think this should be trivial for those who know the driver ...
BTW, the kernel configuration has a specific "option" for Silicon Image SATA, but if I choose it without "ahci" the system does not boot! Why?
Thanks
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