From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Smietanowski Subject: Re: Status of the sata_sil driver for the VT8237 Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 09:37:15 +0200 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <406680AB.8090204@stesmi.com> References: <4066342B.4080105@clanhk.org> <406643A8.2050808@pobox.com> <40664AE4.8010003@clanhk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from 1-2-2-1a.has.sth.bostream.se ([82.182.130.86]:44211 "EHLO K-7.stesmi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262108AbUC1Hh0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Mar 2004 02:37:26 -0500 In-Reply-To: <40664AE4.8010003@clanhk.org> List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: "J. Ryan Earl" Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hi. > I meant sata_via, I dunno why I said sata_sil; Freudian typo. I was > thinking of the current sii3112 I use, which has been stable and > blazingly fast for awhile with the IDE driver--and a little little patch > I keep applying. I'm looking to upgrade a server with 2 Raptors in it > to an A64 running 64-bit Linux of course. I wanna get the HDs off the > PCI bus and onto the VT8237 southbridge. I was wondering if the driver > for -that southbridge- was still considered beta. Many A64 boards today come with a Promise SATA controller as well - works like a charm for me on an ASUS K8V Deluxe board here. The driver is sata_promise but I guess you either knew that or would be able to figure it out yourself :) // Stefan