On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 12:24:34PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Kyle McMartin wrote: > >Oddly, the command at least executes and doesn't MCE (but it's not at all > >happy either) if I use ATA_PROT_PIO. I wonder if ATA_PROT_NODATA is > >buggered > >on this sata_nv chip (Asus A8N-E). > > > >Weird... > > > Try turning off ADMA using the module parameter, and see if > ATA_PROT_NODATA magically works. > > ADMA is an advanced command execution mode, and it may not be > appropriate for certain non-data commands. > Thanks so much, Jeff! This did it. Think we should drop ADMA by default? Do you know off-hand if there's any other drivers this might bite us on? Thanks again! Cheers, Kyle - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html