Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 16:57:43 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@DeepCore.dk> To: Matt Dawson <matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA write woes Message-ID: <40250AF7.3010804@DeepCore.dk> In-Reply-To: <200402071535.30390.matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk> References: <4022B03B.8070205@mitre.org> <4023A65E.5060602@mitre.org> <4023BF1C.6020008@DeepCore.dk> <200402071535.30390.matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk>
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Matt Dawson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 6 February 2004 4:21 pm, Søren Schmidt wrote: > >>Those timeouts and retries is the workaround, it took quite a bit of >>inginuity to not have it lockup the system solid each time it wedges... > > > FWIW, Sil controllers do the same thing on other platforms. Try installing the > medley control software on a windoze box and watch that log file grow... ;o) Yeah, its broken beyond repair, I dont understand why the keep shipping that badly broken silicon. But then again the same company gave the world the CMD640, and changing their name doesn't make us forget :). However I do understand why they are so reluctant to hand out docs, it is an embarrasing read :) So I guess this is what we get from letting economists run companies instead of engineers. Two decades ago it was all about getting the best technical solution to a problem, now its all about getting the biggest profit for the shareholders :( -- -Søren
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