On Monday 03 December 2007 23:37:44 Greg Freemyer wrote: > 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? > I'll try that when the machine is next down.
> 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. > I was curious, but didn't understand a word of it :( ! I'm glad Tejun's working on it. I think you're right about the problem being in the vanilla kernel, and not just a SUSE problem, as I've heard other distros are having the same problem. It's odd, as SATA has been around for a while, now. It's not critical here, but it would be nice to get my 250GB back :) Bob -- Bob openSUSE 10.3, Kernel 2.6.22.13-0.3-default, KDE 3.5.8 Intel Celeron 2.53GB, 2GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 7600GS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
