I never did get a response to this - is this the known status (if so, that's fine I have a work around, but if I'm doing something stupid, i'd also like to know so I can start using this)...
Thanks. Phil Dibowitz wrote: > 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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