This issue applies when a PATA drive is attached to a SATA host via a reverse bridge.  This condition causes the bridge to issue a X_RDY to the host h/w which results in a data transfer starting but since the host s/w is not expecting data it backs up in the FIFO and causes the bus to hang.



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Steve Livaccari

Hard Drive Engineering
IBM Global Procurement
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