Hi folks. When I run "hdparm -N /dev/sdb" on my cheapo usb-connect sata bridge (Super Top M6116 SATA Bridge , device id 14cd:6116), it returns: /dev/sdb: max sectors = 1953525168/1(1953525168?), HPA setting seems invalid (buggy kernel device driver?) FWIW, I'm running Debian Testing - I originally saw with error with the supplied kernel (3.11.8) but I've compiled and installed a vanilla 3.13.0-rc2 (from kernel.org) and the message is the same. Also, the drive in the enclosure seems to be working perfectly, and it's a Toshiba MQ01ABD100. "lsusb -vd 14cd:6116" returns: Bus 004 Device 004: ID 14cd:6116 Super Top M6116 SATA Bridge Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x14cd Super Top idProduct 0x6116 M6116 SATA Bridge bcdDevice 2.20 I've seen other mails which talk about these Super Top controllers being quite fundamentally broken. Is there any benefit in trying to debug/understand this error further/fix the driver, or should I just pitch it in to the nearest trash-can and replace it with something less borked? If this isn't the correct mailing list for this enquiry, please let me know. With kind regards, Jaime -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
