Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 8 Aug 2004 22:48:39 -0600 | From | "Eric D. Mudama" <> | Subject | Re: libata: dma, io error messages |
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On Fri, Aug 6 at 11:40, Jeff Garzik wrote: >libata does not (yet) retry cable errors, for example. Paul, don't >automatically assume the disk is bad, try swapping cables.
In practice with large #s of drives, cable errors are a given, even with good cables... eventually *something* is going to glitch, we see it all the time in our testing, especially at elevated temperatures.
--eric
-- Eric D. Mudama edmudama@mail.bounceswoosh.org
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