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Date:      Wed, 3 Feb 2010 22:38:05 +0100 (CET)
From:      Michael Reifenberger <mike@reifenberger.com>
To:        Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Odd ada(4) failures when trying using USB scanner
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002032230040.3542@gw.reifenberger.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B69B707.2020504@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <1264818191.00213314.1264807803@10.7.7.3> <1264861382.00213426.1264851002@10.7.7.3> <1264864983.00213434.1264852204@10.7.7.3> <1265026986.00214174.1265016606@10.7.7.3> <1265030583.00214182.1265019602@10.7.7.3> <1265037797.00214273.1265026205@10.7.7.3> <1265037810.00214278.1265026802@10.7.7.3> <1265048584.00214331.1265035802@10.7.7.3> <4B69B707.2020504@FreeBSD.org>

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On Wed, 3 Feb 2010, Alexander Motin wrote:
...
>>> I would say that scanner application tries to probe all CAM devices,
>>> looking for scanner. While doing it, it uses SCSI/ATAPI commands with
>>> odd-sized transfer sizes. It causes errors from ata(4) and triggers bug
>>> in IXP700 AHCI controller. Odd-sized requests are generally not
>>> supported by ATA/SATA. Second problem is in work now.
>>
>> Could odd-sized commands be prohibited/ignored by the driver then?
>
> I've recently committed patch to 9-CURRENT, that should block sending of
> SCSI commands to non-ATAPI devices. That should fix your problem.

I'm currently running HEAD @ r203376 and it fixed my problem already.

Thanks for your work!

Bye/2
---
Michael Reifenberger
Michael@Reifenberger.com
http://www.Reifenberger.com




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