Hi, On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:55:22 +0100, Oliver Korpilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > > On my MSI motherboard there are the following devices: > > 0000:00:11.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 437a > 0000:00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4379 > 0000:00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4376 > > These are listed in the PCI ID database (not committed yet): > > 4376 Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI > 4379 ATI 4379 Serial ATA Controller > 437a ATI 437A Serial ATA Controller > > The 1st SATA controller seems to work with the SATA_SIL driver from > vanilla 2.6.11 (and none sooner, I tried), and I'm using it that way > now. Since the Debian Pure64 CD doesn't come with that, it doesn't find > a HD when trying to install with the CD. > > I have the following problems: > ------------------------------ > * Though the SATA is configured in IDE mode in BIOS it does not show up > as IDE within Linux and this does not change when the ATIIXP driver is > loaded - ide2 is not recognized as a bus with connected devices. My SATA > HD is listed by the BIOS to be channel 2 master, while CD-ROM on the > Dual ATA is listed on channel 0, channel 1 is unused, so shouldn't the > SATA drive show up as /dev/hde or something???
Linux no longer use legacy/obsolete BIOS ordering/naming. You can name /dev nodes however you want using udev. > * How can I tune the ATIIXP driver via parameters or source modification > so it recognizes the SATA controllers as devices to configure??? What for? > * How can I force ANY IDE driver to recognize these SATA drives in IDE > mode? > > This is a mail regarding this topic I'm confused about. The author seems > to think, ATIIXP can do the 4379 as well: It can't (reliably). > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0412.1/1460.html > > Please let me know if I can provide you with any additional data. > > Thanks and with kind regards, > Oliver Korpilla -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
