Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:27:30 +0100 | From | Stefan Richter <> | Subject | Re: single bit errors on files stored on USB-HDDs via USB2/usb_storage |
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Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Freitag, 8. Dezember 2006 11:39 schrieb Matthias Schniedermeyer: >> > Also, you mentioned that the corruption occurs systematically on certain >> > byte patterns. Therefore it's certainly not related to the cables. >> >> It'd guess that too, but who can that say for sure. :-| > > You may have a bit pattern that stresses the controllers and suddenly > a marginal cable may matter.
And one more thing: I heard of FireWire enclosures which corrupted data (although AFAIR with error detection by the drivers) due to overheating PHY chip or bridge chip. Gluing a small passive heat sink to the respective chip solved it in the reported case. -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-==- ==-- -=--- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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