SiI3112 SATA controller problems - status

[Soren Schmidt]

It seems Will Andrews wrote:
> 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.

No what I mean is that the Raptor is a PATA device fitted with a
marvell PATA->SATA converter "on board", its not a "pure" SATA
design, but just the old stuff they used to make with the marvell
chip kludged on the back :)

The power connector is uninteresting in this context.

-Søren