Re: Strange behaviour with SATA disks. Light always ON

[Paulo da Silva <psdasilva@esoterica.pt>]

Robert Hancock wrote:

> Paulo da Silva wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> > I don't know if this is the right place to ask
> > about this, or even if this is a problem at all.
> >
> > Anyway I didn't find relevant information on
> > this ...
> >
> > I have just bought a new PC with two SATA drives.
> > I had no problems to have them working,
> > apparently fine except for one thing:
> > After reading the kernel, the driver access light (led?)
> > is always on!
> > Is this normal? Why?
>
>
> I don't know if this is considered "normal" but I know that the 
> Silicon Image chips do have a strange way of handling the access light 
> - it has to be specifically turned on and off by a GPIO pin in the 
> driver, the chip doesn't seem to handle it itself..
Is there any intention to correct this?
Should I file a bug?
I think this should be trivial for those
who know the driver ...

BTW, the kernel configuration has a specific "option" for
Silicon Image SATA, but if I choose it without "ahci"
the system does not boot! Why?

Thanks

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