Am Sa, 26.01.2008, 23:33, schrieb Tejun Heo: > dusty@xxxxxx wrote: >> I could solve the problem by ncq blacklisting the "Maxtor 6V300F0" >> devices in libata-core.c > > That's a strange story. The reported error was PHY readiness changed > and Device exchanged, both of which point to hotplug event. Maybe > something causes the firmware to reset? What happen if you only leave two > drives on the port multiplier and remove the NCQ blacklist? Also, does > the error ever occur on the drives which are connected directly to the > controller? > > > -- > tejun > > No the error only occures on the drives on the pm. I can test the pm with two Maxtor drives tomorrow (currently backing up the raid). - 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