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From: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ata_piix: port disabled.  ignoring.
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:09:00 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040514150900.GA19315@lists.us.dell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0405141453020.27660@waterleaf.sonytel.be>

On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 03:11:00PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> I'm trying to install Linux on a SATA disk in a Dell PowerEdge 750, which has
> an Intel 82875P chipset with an Intel 6300ESB SATA Storage Controller.

[snip]
 
> I looked at ata_piix.c, and apparently the driver decides whether a port is
> disabled by checking a bit in PCI config space, so this looks like a BIOS setup
> problem to me. But the BIOS has the first SATA port enabled (`AUTO', and it
> does see a 80 GB disk there), while the PATA and second SATA ports are marked
> `OFF'.

Right.  At present you need to enable the second SATA  port in the
BIOS.  Disabling it also disables the first port from being
recognized by the driver.  It's a figment of the "compatability mode"
that the PE750 runs in.  I believe Stuart Hayes sent Jeff a patch to
address this, but I can't find it handy...

-- 
Matt Domsch
Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Engineer
Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com

  reply	other threads:[~2004-05-14 15:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-14 13:11 ata_piix: port disabled. ignoring Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-05-14 15:09 ` Matt Domsch [this message]
2004-05-14 15:38   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-05-14 16:02   ` Jeff Garzik
2004-05-17 11:10     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-05-17 14:19       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-05-18 13:20         ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-05-19  7:48           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-05-19 13:10             ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-05-24  9:51               ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-05-24 10:55                 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-05-20  5:00         ` Jeff Garzik

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