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Subject: Re: [9fans] VIA VT8237 SATA/RAID i/o errors, dma doesnt work
Date: Wed,  6 Feb 2008 20:23:54 +0100
From: cinap_lenrek@gmx.de
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> Hello,
>
> I had a similar phenomenon with VB7001G using two SATAs(IDE mode).
> Second SATA is unstable but I don't know where the problem comes from.
> Plan 9 under single SATA(IDE mode) works fine.
>
> Kenji Arisawa

Now this is very interesting! A friend gave me an Adaptec (it really is an SiL) 2xSATA
PCI controller [1] for testing, and i was able to generate I/O errors just by reading from
both drives in paralel! Does anybody run multiple SATA drives in IDE-mode without
problems under Plan9?

[1] pci -v
0.20.0:	disk 01.80.01 1095/3112  15 0:0000fb01 16 1:0000fa01 16 2:0000f901 16 3:0000f801 16 4:0000f701 16 5:fdffd000 512
	Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3112 SATALink/SATARaid Controller

cinap