Hi Hans, On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 7:48 AM Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > On 28-10-18 05:13, Diego Viola wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 5:36 PM Diego Viola <diego.viola@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 11:21 AM Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>> On 10/26/18 7:45 AM, Diego Viola wrote: > >>>> med_power_with_dipm causes my T450 to freeze with a SAMSUNG > >>>> MZ7TD256HAFV-000L9 SSD (firmware DXT02L5Q). > >>>> > >>>> Switching the LPM to max_performance fixes this issue. > >>> > >>> Applied, thanks. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Jens Axboe > >>> > >> > >> Jens, Hans, > >> > >> Thank you. > >> > >> Diego > > > > Hi Hans and Jens, > > > > I just wanted to give you guys an update about this problem. > > > > I've managed to update my SSD firmware to the latest version[1]. > > > > For running the update, I've had to install Windows 10, ran the > > firmware update, remove Windows and reinstall Arch Linux. > > > > The latest version of the firmware is DXT04L5Q, and it looks like > > there hasn't been a new update since 2015. > > > > I'll be running with med_power_with_dipm and hope this firmware update > > fixes the problem, if it doesn't and I get another freeze, I'll send > > another patch blacklisting the drive completely. Is that OK? > > Yes, if it still happens with the latest firmware then blacklisting > it completely is the right thing to do. > > Unfortunately for reasons which I do not understand OEM SSDs often use > different (customized?) firmware compared to the model on which they > are based and often see less updates and seem to have more bugs :| > > Regards, > > Hans I've just got another freeze with the latest firmware while I was watching some YouTube videos. I think it's safe to assume this drive is borked and won't get better, I'll send another patch. Thanks, Diego
