SiI3112 SATA controller problems - status

[Will Andrews]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 10:06:40PM +0200, Soren Schmidt wrote:
> I have now found a way to reproduce the DMA problems some setups seems
> to be having with the SiI3112A SATA chip.
> 
> Now, if I use real SATA drives, (and I mean real SATA drives, the
> WD Raptor fx is not a real SATA device but just a PATA device
> with a build in PATA->SATA converter chip) it works just fine
> no matter what I try.

Interesting.  SATA is also a power spec, right?  I use a normal
SATA cable but also an ATX power connector.  I'm guessing that's
what you mean by the Raptor not being a real SATA drive.

Regards,
-- 
wca