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Dees, Brian M wrote:
This message is from the T13 list server. In the Error register, the ABRT and ICRC bits should be set per updates that are included in latest drafts of ATA8-ACS. Updates have been made to the Interface CRC description to allow ICRC reporting for MWDMA and PIO, and additional notes have been added to the Error Outputs for all PIO data-in and PIO data-out commands to allow this.
I take this to mean that all previous implmentations of SATA are severely flawed and that (as I and other people have seen many times) SATA data corruption errors in commands and data transfers do go unreported. And also that the SATA emulation of PATA is severely flawed and puts everyone's data at risk? Why can't SATAIO and T13 discuss this in public?
For future inquiries specific to the Serial ATA documentation within SATA-IO, might I suggest submitting the questions to that forum to ensure those folks address the issues & concerns raised with the technical content which they own.
If SATA is developed and maintained by a private and secret organization why does T13 (that should operate in the public domain) be involved with any SATA activities?
Over the last 2+ years I find the reaction of the SATA community to reports of data corruption to be dishonest and totally lacking in any respect for user's data integrity. When will the SATA community 'come clean' on these SATA issues?
Hale -- ++ Hale Landis ++ www.ata-atapi.com ++
