From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JtOkg-0007Gv-3U for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 11:06:46 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JtOkd-0007GF-U9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 11:06:44 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JtOkb-0007FM-PM for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 11:06:43 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38481 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JtOkb-0007FB-Fv for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 11:06:41 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JtOkb-0002q4-0h for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 11:06:41 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JtOkY-0002xu-N1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 17:06:40 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JtOjp-0006YA-2i for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 May 2008 17:05:53 +0200 Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 17:05:53 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080506150553.GD23773@thorin> References: <1209855594.24895.5.camel@dv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1209855594.24895.5.camel@dv> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: ata.c and sata disks X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 15:06:44 -0000 On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 06:59:54PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 19:35 +0200, Marco Vega Trucillo wrote: > > Hi to all, > > > > I tried to modify ata.c simply add more ioaddress (I attach the diff file > > from 1.96 version), and it work and recognize > > my four sata disk on different pc. > > I think it's generally considered unsafe to probe addresses above 0x3ff > without making sure they belong to a compatible device. The device > should be found on the PCI bus, and enabled if necessary. Marco Gerards sent a patch to add PCI support to ata.c, but it had some bugs that nobody has looked into yet. Marco (Vega), if you want to help us, you could look at his patch (it's in the list archives) and see what needs to be done with it? -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)