Re: libata PATA status for VIA 8237

Hi Thierry :)

* Thierry Vignaud <tvignaud@xxxxxxxxxxxx> dixit:
DervishD <lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
I'm thinking about switching fully to libata in the near future
(currently I'm using CONFIG_IDE for all my PATA drives, both hard disks
and DVD recorder), and I was wondering if PATA support for VIA8237 was
full or not. For what I've googled, it seems that it is usable both for
PATA and for SATA, but I want to be sure.

If I'm asking here is because I have SATA support for my VIA chipset
enabled in the kernel (CONFIG_SATA_VIA), but I'm getting these messages:

sata_via 0000:00:0c.0: version 2.0
sata_via 0000:00:0c.0: routed to hard irq line 10
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFE00 ctl 0xFE0A bmdma 0xFA00 irq 10
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFD00 ctl 0xFD0A bmdma 0xFA08 irq 10
scsi0 : sata_via
ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xFE07
scsi1 : sata_via
ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xFD07
sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: routed to hard irq line 11
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF900 ctl 0xF802 bmdma 0xF500 irq 11
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF700 ctl 0xF602 bmdma 0xF508 irq 11
scsi2 : sata_via
ata3: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xF907
scsi3 : sata_via
ata4: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xF707

I saw those too from times to times on boot with a VIA VT6421 with no
consequences.
So I would say they're non important (but who know for real until you
test with real disk attached?)

I think I can manage to get a SATA disk to make tests, but the problem
is that I won't be able to make destructive (destroying the data, I
mean, not the hardware XD) tests on it :((

Merci :)

Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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