From: Phil Dibowitz <phil@ipom.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Promise 20378
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 22:50:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <42CA1F9E.4090305@ipom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42C9F50B.4000508@pobox.com>
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Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Phil Dibowitz wrote:
>
>> So, there doesn't appear to be a driver for the 20378 in the kernel...
>> though google showed a few people using some proprietary drivers with
>> varying luck. Ew.
>>
>> I noticed there are a lot of other Promise drivers in the kernel for the
>> same general line, which leads me to believe there may be some interest
>> in getting a 20378 driver in the kernel.
>>
>> So, since I now own a machine with one, I thought I'd drop this list a
>> line and say "I can test stuff and provide info on the chipset"...
>
>
> Just add the PCI ID to drivers/scsi/sata_promise.c...
Markus K. emailed me to let me know about sata_promise, which already
binds to my controller with no errors. I'm wondering if it'll support
the PATA controller on there as well - we'll see. I'll play around with
it and report back. Thanks.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-07-05 5:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-07-03 9:53 Promise 20378 Phil Dibowitz
2005-07-05 2:48 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-07-05 5:50 ` Phil Dibowitz [this message]
2005-07-23 20:38 ` Phil Dibowitz
2005-09-04 7:54 ` Phil Dibowitz
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2005-09-09 19:21 mreuther
2006-04-10 2:50 ` Phil Dibowitz
2006-04-16 21:32 ` Phil Dibowitz
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