On Thursday 10 July 2003 10:42 pm, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: > On Thursday 10 July 2003 10:04, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote this in an > > attempt to be witty and informative: > > On Thursday 10 July 2003 05:57, JG wrote this in an attempt to be > > witty > > > > and informative: > > > i'm having the same problem since some months now, the only kernel > > > that is working for me is 2.4.19-gentoo-r10 (sis745 mainboard, 1GB > > > RAM, all pci slots full with stuff, abit hotrod 100 hpt370/72 > > > raidcontroller), i'm using the drivers from highpoint which work > > > very well. > > > > > > i've tried many kernels from 2.4.20-gentoo-r5, ac-versions up to > > > the latest 2.4.21-pfeifer-r1_pre2, neither of them works > > > > > > what helps is passing the parameter acpi=off to the kernel, but > > > then again most of the kernels didn't work on some other points > > > (oopses; though the pfeifer-sources worked best, gonna try the next > > > version of them) i'm always using the same config, a bit modified > > > for each kernel of course. > > > > Thanks, I've passed on the info to my friend. > > Using a vanilla kernel didn't work, so he's not trying the above.
Vanilla 2.4.21 should work fine... I had these problems. I ended up running vanilla 2.4.21, and applying some -ck patches myself for some desktop stuff (ie low latency). Vanilla on its own will work fine though, so long as you include the following in the kernel: From the ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL menu: HPT36X/37X chipset support HPT36X/37X chipset support VIA82CXXX chipset support I needed the latter for my Abit KR7a mobo. The acual options in your .config are: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y You shoukd be able to make sure the HPT372 is upported in whatever kernel you are using by taking a peek in /usr/src/linux/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c (ie grep HPT372). Oh, I wrote this then I remembered the gotcha - the firware on the controller has to be up to date. I just can't remember which version :( If you friend has a pci version, get them to install the firmware upgrade from the highpoint website. If it's an onboard thingumme on the mobo, then download the latest bios/firmware upgrade from the manufacturer's website. Try the kernel options first, if that doesn't work, I'm afraid it's firmware upgrade time... Ben -- You mean you don't want to watch WRESTLING from ATLANTA? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
