I finally got a chance to test this. So, the sata_promise driver seems to support the Promise 20378 controller, but it doesn't see PATA drives (the controller supports both SATA and PATA drives).
I plugged a single PATA drive in - then in the promise BIOS I configured a single "array" on the drive, and booted. This sata_promise sees the PATA and SATA controller, but doesn't see the drives: Jul 23 13:31:47 rider kernel: ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF89E4200 ctl 0xF89E4238 bmdma 0x0 irq 23 Jul 23 13:31:47 rider kernel: ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF89E4280 ctl 0xF89E42B8 bmdma 0x0 irq 23 Jul 23 13:31:47 rider kernel: ata1: no device found (phy stat 00000000) Jul 23 13:31:47 rider kernel: scsi0 : sata_promise Jul 23 13:31:47 rider kernel: ata2: no device found (phy stat 00000000) Jul 23 13:31:47 rider kernel: scsi1 : sata_promise It sees no drives there period. Further, while it the device has 2 SATA chains, it only has 1 PATA, but as you can see, it seems to see 2. Any ideas? (PS. I'm not on the list, so please CC me). Thanks, -- Phil Dibowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freeware and Technical Pages Insanity Palace of Metallica http://www.phildev.net/ http://www.ipom.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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