Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:25:54 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: sos@freebsd.dk Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serverworks ATA controller & data corruption Message-ID: <15476.1618.379112.915616@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <200202201953.g1KJrKq77437@freebsd.dk> References: <15475.50753.252494.269972@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <200202201953.g1KJrKq77437@freebsd.dk>
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S=F8ren Schmidt writes: >=20 > Hmm, the problem is known, but belived to be fixed *IF* your BIOS > setup things the right way. I've newer seen the problem on my > ASUS CUR-DLS, but I have several reports of TYAN's (forgot the model= #) > that fails all over. I have not verified if ASUS has done some HW > trickery or if its just a BIOS matter. However the Serverworks > ROSB4 chips is not one I would recommend using, if you need serious > ATA support on such a board, install a Promise TX2 or later or a > HPT370 or later ... I don't much care about serious ATA support on these machines -- nearly all work is done on NFS volumes exported from an alpha. If I can just trust PIO not to corrupt the system disk, then it will be fine for me. So.. Is PIO safe? Is there any sort of CRC being done on PIO data? Thanks, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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