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    SubjectRe: Strange behaviour with SATA disks. Light always ON
    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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