On Dec 3, 2007 6:14 PM, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 03 December 2007 19:43:48 Greg Freemyer wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2007 2:00 PM, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Each kernel update gets me excited as I hope they will have solved the > > > problem of openSUSE 10.3 being unable to see SATA hard-drives with > > > certain SATA chipsets (SiS being one of them). > > > > > > I have just upgraded to 2.6.22.13-0.3-default, but my second (SATA) drive > > > is still unusable :( Fortunately, my other drive is EIDE. > > > > > > Does anyone know when a patched kernel will be available? > > > -- > > > Bob > > > > Bob, > > > > I think in general that SIS Sata controllers are supported. See > > http://linux-ata.org/features.html which is for the vanilla kernel and > > is about 6 or 9 months old I think. > > > That's an interesting website, which I didn't know about. > > > Did you file a bugzilla with Novell and try to get it resolved? > > > Not me, but see bug 331610 > > > Greg
Very strange, That bug discusses a non-recognized HD, but Tejun Heo's final answer is that the ATAPI support needs a major update. ATAPI is typically used for optical media (CD/DVD), so I have no idea how he came to that conclusion. Maybe there is something wrong in the ATAPI support that is breaking normal hard disk support. Do you have a CD/DVD drive you could try to disconnect and see if acts as a workaround? FYI: I've seen Tejun Heo posting a bunch of ATAPI fixes to the vanilla kernel sata support list so he is definitely working on the problem and it is not a SUSE caused problem. Instead it appears to be a problem in vanilla that Tejun has picked up as his own. I don't remember him working on ATAPI support much prior to this recent spate of patches he has posted. If curious, see http://marc.info/?l=linux-ide&m=119634686727783&w=2 and the 14 associated patches he posted that day. HTH Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
