On Sat, 03 Jan 2015 21:25:28 +0100 mtths@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi, > > a simple question about the module sata_inic162x: Is there a chance that the > driver will reach a stable state? > > A card with such a controller was used mainly for video recording - and, yes, > there were errors ... After a short test it seemed that copying big files or > many small files resulted in corrupted copies; only writing infrequently small > files was okay. This applies to both channels / ports. > > The card is an equip 111817 (S/N: 11072600052): 1 internal + 1 external port > Initio INIC-1622TA2 > RAID-BIOS: version 1.11 > lspci: 1101:1622 > > If you want additional information or tests, let me know. > (On the other hand: Mark it as broken - there are inexpensive alternatives > ...) There are people it works very well for, and a few it doesn't. It's hard to know if its the drive, the card, the software ore some combination of all three. Whether anyone ever fixes those cases depends upon whether anyone who hits it wants to spend some considerable time trying to debug it all and submit patches. Alan -- 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
