Hello Gwendal, I want to confirm one thing. The kernel 3.1.x driver still works? It seems to take long time to solve the problem. Of course I understand staggered spin-up is better solution. But I can't wait it so long. And it affects only SiI3726 only. Best Regards, Akira (2012/03/23 18:59), ANEZAKI, Akira wrote: > Hello Gwendal, > > (2012/03/23 17:31), Gwendal Grignou wrote: >>>>>> I notice however some messages I did not see before: >>>>>>>> [ 4.856382] ata7.15: Port Multiplier 1.1, 0x1095:0x3726 r23, 6 ports, feat 0x1/0x9 >>>>>>>> [ 4.858742] ata7.00: hard resetting link >>>>>>>> [ 14.843039] ata7.00: softreset failed (timeout) >>>>>>>> [ 17.836402] ata7.15: qc timeout (cmd 0xe4) >>>>>> The later indicates that the PMP is stuck and the host can not read >>>>>> its internal register. >>>>>> Is it possible that the PMP in these 4 enclosures you are using have a >>>>>> different firmware than the other ones? >>>>>> Firmware 1.0114 is available at: >>>>>> http://www.siliconimage.com/support/searchresults.aspx?pid=26&cat=23 >>>>>> >>>>>> From the release notes: >>>>>> """- Fix SRST and initial two RegFIS Problem.""" >>> >>> I'm still fixing broken RAID. Sorry for my slow response. > > I checked those firmware version. All of them use version 1.0114. > > Best Regards, > Akira -- 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