Messages in this thread |  | | | From | "Paul Rolland" <> | | Subject | RE: [git patches] libata fixes | | Date | Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:00:54 +0100 |
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Hello,
> It involves a long timeout, so it's bothersome. This is caused by > Silicon Image 4726/3726 storage processor (SATA Port Multiplier with > extra features) attached to one of the ICH ports.
Yes, I think this is the part Asus is using for it's EZ-Raid feature on this motherboard, and they seem to like their EZ-Raid, so it's likely to become more and more common.
> If the first downstream port in the PMP is empty and it gets reset in I confirm it is empty in my config.
> work very well with the current ATA reset sequence and gets identified > only after a few failures thus causing long timeout. 30s to 1min ;(
> I keep forgetting about this. I'll ask SIMG how to deal with > this. For > the time being, connecting a device to the PMP port should remove the > timeouts.
That sounds a quite expensive solution ;)
Paul
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