Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:36:17 -0500 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: Kernel SeekCompleteErrors... Different from Re: LibPATA code issues / 2.6.15.4 |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > The very early SATA code didnt decode the errors from the drive fully so > could produce bogus reports. The current code decodes it and also > displays the ATA level diagnostics so should be reliable.
It still is unreliable, as being discussed in another thread.
libata wrongly says "medium error" any time it issues a command that the drive rejects (unsupported, invalid parameters, etc..).
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