linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] blacklist NCQ on Seagate Barracuda ST380817AS

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Date:	Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:19:14 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Mark Lord <liml@....ca>
CC:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Paolo Ornati <ornati@...twebnet.it>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blacklist NCQ on Seagate Barracuda ST380817AS

Hello,

Mark Lord wrote:
> Mmm.. $66 for "open box".  But the drive itself has been discontinued by
> Seagate,

Couldn't find any in SUSE and I don't think I can't find any vendor who
still carries the drive here.

> and once claimed to be "World's first SATA desktop drive with NCQ.".
> 
> Probably buggy firmware after all.

Yeah, "World's first" is a pretty good clue indicating "broken".
Blacklisting it seems like a good idea after all.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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