Re: [patch 2.6.1] Silicon Image 3512 SATA Controller - Tested

[Aron Rubin <arubin@atl.lmco.com>]

Actually I am not really sure how to force one or the other do I just 
say hda=sata_sil or something?

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Aron Rubin wrote:
> 
>> This patch enables the Silicon Image 3512 SATA Controller and has been 
>> tested and functioning without any apparent bugs (I do not have a full 
>> test suite but I am not booting off a device attached to this 
>> controller). This patch is against the Dave Jones 2.6.1-1.34 kernel 
>> source rpm.
>>
>> You may remember I was trying to get help on this chipset before. My 
>> patch is simply a duplicate of the entries for the 3112 chipset. It 
>> did not work fully with prior kernels, giving me a "Interrupt Lost" 
>> errors. Whatever else was done to 2.6.1 had made it happy again. Also 
>> I did not have to use any special commandline options.
> 
> 
> 
> Did you test the sata_sil driver as well?
> 
> It's patch should just be one line...  No need to add a duplicate 
> ata_host_info entry when you could instead just reference the sil_3112 
> settings...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>     Jeff
> 
> 
> 
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