Following is the output with the Hitachi drive: [root@fedora13 ~]# lsscsi -p [0:0:0:0] cd/dvd hp CDDVDW TS-H653R 0E00 /dev/sr0 [1:0:0:0] disk ATA ST31000528AS CC38 /dev/sda [6:0:0:0] disk HITACHI HUS151473VLS300 A420 /dev/sdb [root@fedora13 ~]# sg_inq /dev/sdb standard INQUIRY: PQual=0 Device_type=0 RMB=0 version=0x05 [SPC-3] [AERC=0] [TrmTsk=0] NormACA=0 HiSUP=0 Resp_data_format=2 SCCS=0 ACC=0 TPGS=0 3PC=0 Protect=0 BQue=0 EncServ=0 MultiP=1 (VS=0) [MChngr=0] [ACKREQQ=0] Addr16=0 [RelAdr=0] WBus16=0 Sync=0 Linked=0 [TranDis=0] CmdQue=1 [SPI: Clocking=0x0 QAS=0 IUS=0] length=164 (0xa4) Peripheral device type: disk Vendor identification: HITACHI Product identification: HUS151473VLS300 Product revision level: A420 [root@fedora13 ~]# sg_readcap /dev/sdb Read Capacity results: Last logical block address=140174231 (0x85ae397), Number of blocks=140174232 Logical block length=520 bytes Hence: Device size: 72890600640 bytes, 69513.9 MiB, 72.89 GB [root@fedora13 ~]# Thanks On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>>>> "Dan" == Dan Porat <dan.porat@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Dan> We checked with kernel 2.6.34 , Seagate Cheetah 15K and the > Dan> following HBA: LSI 9212-4i4e > > Dan> Still , no success. > > Send us the output of: > > # lsscsi -p > # sg_inq -x /dev/sdN > # sg_readcap -l /dev/sdN > > > Dan> Any Ideas? > > And you are sure that the drive is formatted with DIF? Seagate's > standard firmware doesn't support it, fwiw. It's a build-to-order > option. > > Hitachi drives support DIF out of the box. > > -- > Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- 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