Re: SATA with Linux

[howard blomfield]

hi shane, i don't know if is of any help but i have a gigabyte ga7n400 
mobo with both ide & sata harddrives (sata is via sil3512) running both 
suse9.3 & gentoo with no problems - you definitely need to set up sata 
in kernel as scsi.
hope this is of some use
howard

I am running Gentoo with kernel 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 and want to add an SATA
controller and drive(s) to my PC (as I am out of IDE interfaces!).
The SATA controller I am looking at is the Sunix SATA2000, which uses a
Silicon Image Sil3112a chipset (Silicon Image SataLink Sil3112CT144
according to http://www.elx.com.au/item/elsPCI-SATA-2P).
Can anyone tell me if this particular controller will work and where 
I can
find relevant information on setting it up in the Kernel.

Cheers and TIA
Jamie