SATA/IDE strangeness (ATI chip)

[Oliver Korpilla <Oliver.Korpilla@gmx.de>]

Hello!

On my MSI motherboard there are the following devices:

0000:00:11.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 437a
0000:00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4379
0000:00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4376

These are listed in the PCI ID database (not committed yet):

4376	Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI
4379	ATI 4379 Serial ATA Controller
437a	ATI 437A Serial ATA Controller

The 1st SATA controller seems to work with the SATA_SIL driver from 
vanilla 2.6.11 (and none sooner, I tried), and I'm using it that way 
now. Since the Debian Pure64 CD doesn't come with that, it doesn't find 
a HD when trying to install with the CD.

I have the following problems:
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* Though the SATA is configured in IDE mode in BIOS it does not show up 
as IDE within Linux and this does not change when the ATIIXP driver is 
loaded - ide2 is not recognized as a bus with connected devices. My SATA 
HD is listed by the BIOS to be channel 2 master, while CD-ROM on the 
Dual ATA is listed on channel 0, channel 1 is unused, so shouldn't the 
SATA drive show up as /dev/hde or something???
* How can I tune the ATIIXP driver via parameters or source modification 
so it recognizes the SATA controllers as devices to configure???
* How can I force ANY IDE driver to recognize these SATA drives in IDE 
mode?

This is a mail regarding this topic I'm confused about. The author seems 
to think, ATIIXP can do the 4379 as well:

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0412.1/1460.html

Please let me know if I can provide you with any additional data.

Thanks and with kind regards,
Oliver Korpilla