Re: [PATCH] libata: add NCQ blacklist entries from Silicon Image Windows driver

[Mark Lord]

Jens Axboe wrote:
> > Robert Hancock wrote:
> ..
> > > +    /* The following blacklist entries are taken from the Windows
> > > +       driver .inf files for the Silicon Image 3124 and 3132. */
> > > +    { "Maxtor 7B250S0",    "BANC1B70",    ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, },
> > > +    { "HTS541060G9SA00",    "MB3OC60D",    ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, },
> > > +    { "HTS541080G9SA00",    "MB4OC60D",    ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, },
> > > +    { "HTS541010G9SA00",    "MBZOC60D",    ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ, },
> > Do we have information that these drives fail on non-SiI controllers?
> >
> > Sometimes the problem can be related to a single family of controllers.
>
> I don't know about the Hitachi's, but the Maxtor with that firmware is
> definitely broken. It _appeared_ to work if the depth was limited to 4,
> but I didn't test it long enough to be absolutely certain. So the safest
> is indeed to blacklist it.

Yes, broken on the Silicon Image controllers for sure.
But what type of controller did you observe the failures on, Jens ?
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