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Date:      Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:37:37 +0100
From:      Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Danny Carroll <fbsd@dannysplace.net>, Jonas Lund <whizzter@gmail.com>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: new server motherboard with SATA II
Message-ID:  <2864D3E5-A68E-4486-8ED6-89AB195D5314@gid.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20080701124806.GA68799@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
References:  <486450DB.4000907@dannysplace.net> <20080627040545.GA21856@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <436c7eda0807010246u4c22b32bic67bf06db1728583@mail.gmail.com> <20080701124806.GA68799@eos.sc1.parodius.com>

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Hi,

On 1 Jul 2008, at 13:48, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:

> Footnote: I hope technical someone can expand on what the IDNF bit  
> does
> in read/write 48-bit ATA requests, however -- the ATA-7 specification
> seems to imply it only gets set when an invalid LBA is submit to the
> disk, which would imply a FreeBSD problem, and may explain everything.

It can also get set when the drive electronics is out to lunch and  
thinks a valid LBA is invalid FSR. I've just had a drive doing that.

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