On Mon, 2 Dec 2013, Jaime T wrote: > 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 the drive is working, there's no reason to get rid of it. Also, I doubt that any driver needs fixing. More likely the SATA bridge or the disk drive needs help. However, you might get a different answer from somebody who knows less about USB and more about disk drives. Alan Stern -- 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
