DervishD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm thinking about switching fully to libata in the near future > (currently I'm using CONFIG_IDE for all my PATA drives, both hard disks > and DVD recorder), and I was wondering if PATA support for VIA8237 was > full or not. For what I've googled, it seems that it is usable both for > PATA and for SATA, but I want to be sure. > > If I'm asking here is because I have SATA support for my VIA chipset > enabled in the kernel (CONFIG_SATA_VIA), but I'm getting these messages: > > sata_via 0000:00:0c.0: version 2.0 > sata_via 0000:00:0c.0: routed to hard irq line 10 > ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFE00 ctl 0xFE0A bmdma 0xFA00 irq 10 > ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFD00 ctl 0xFD0A bmdma 0xFA08 irq 10 > scsi0 : sata_via > ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310) > >> ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xFE07 > scsi1 : sata_via > ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310) > >> ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xFD07 > sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: routed to hard irq line 11 > ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF900 ctl 0xF802 bmdma 0xF500 irq 11 > ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF700 ctl 0xF602 bmdma 0xF508 irq 11 > scsi2 : sata_via > ata3: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300) > >> ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xF907 > scsi3 : sata_via > ata4: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300) > >> ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xF707
I saw those too from times to times on boot with a VIA VT6421 with no consequences. So I would say they're non important (but who know for real until you test with real disk attached?) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
