> > Don't tell me this fixes SATA on the xserve G5... > > It does. > > > Wonder if a "posting read" is necessary here. If that removes the > > need to increase the delay, it probably is a better solution. > > I've tried this diff and I have not been able to reproduce the bogus > SStatus value in a few reboots yet:
Argh, I spoke too soon. This is unfortunately not enough, so I'm going back to the double delay.