From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bob Ham Subject: hpt374 sata (Highpoint Rocket 1540) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:08:44 +0100 Message-ID: <1185880124.3483.25.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from waffl.ing.me.uk ([217.147.94.6]:33116 "EHLO waffl.ing.me.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751822AbXGaMKj (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:10:39 -0400 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=teasel.arb.net) by waffl.ing.me.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.60 #1 ) id 1IFpkI-0000GO-Mq for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:18:34 +0100 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=larkspur.bristol-cyps.org.uk ident=bccl) by teasel.arb.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IFpan-0005dk-Aw for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:08:45 +0100 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hi there, I've had a Highpoint Rocket 1540 (not "RocketRAID") SATA controller for a while now, using a proprietary binary driver from Highpoint in a linux 2.4 kernel. The chipset is an hpt374. The hpt366 driver freezes on boot, as reported by others. There are rumours[0][1] of a SATA driver for the hpt372N/302N chips using libata. In 2.6.22, there are PATA drivers for hpt3xx, but no SATA. [0] http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html#highpoint [1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/1/3/211 I'm wondering if there are or will be libata drivers, or any drivers for that matter, for hpt374-based SATA cards? Cheers, Bob Ham