Hi Bart, On Wednesday 24 October 2007 00:33:08 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > Hi, > > > > hdparm --Istdout /dev/hdd > > Thanks, the identify block looks quite "interesting". [...] > word 93 is 0x2000 > > bit 0x4000 is not set despite the fact that ATA spec (>= ATA-5) requires > it to be set (the device claims ATA/ATAPI-3/4/5/6/7 compatiblity, a bit too > optimistic since it looks like the firmware was based on ATA/ATAPI-4 spec) > > bit 0x2000 is set which would indicate that the 80-wires cable is > correctly detected by the device > > => the device/firmware pair is a good candidate for ivb_list[]
Interesting, I fully understand. > There seems to be a new firmware (SB01) for this device: > http://www.samsungodd.com/Lib/popup/Download.asp?path=FW_FWDownload&fname=2 >00710011656260232_SH-S202J_%20SB01.exe > It would be useful to know whether it has the same problem... I cannot use this - I haven't used windows at home for a few years, and have no way to flash the device up. It would be interesting though if this does make it conform. > Could you try this patch? > > [PATCH] ide: add SH-S202J to ivb_list[] Thank you! This works very well! hdd: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM DVD-R-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache<7>hdd: skipping word 93 validity check , UDMA(66) Many thanks indeed! Nick > From the report by Nick Warne. > > Cc: Nick Warne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > drivers/ide/ide-iops.c | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c > =================================================================== > --- a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c > +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c > @@ -582,9 +582,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_in_drive_list); > /* > * Early UDMA66 devices don't set bit14 to 1, only bit13 is valid. > * We list them here and depend on the device side cable detection for > them. + * > + * Some optical devices with the buggy firmwares have the same problem. > */ > static const struct drive_list_entry ivb_list[] = { > { "QUANTUM FIREBALLlct10 05" , "A03.0900" }, > + { "TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202J" , "SB00" }, > { NULL , NULL } > }; -- Free Software Foundation Associate Member 5508 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html