From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: George Georgalis Subject: Re: SIIMAGE sata fails with 2.6.7 Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:35:05 -0400 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040623163505.GA1068@trot.local> References: <20040622170557.GA16617@trot.local> <40D895C6.3070306@pobox.com> <20040623141659.GD30929@trot.local> <20040623153235.GD1010@carfax.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from ool-44c1e325.dyn.optonline.net ([68.193.227.37]:17543 "HELO dyn.galis.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266551AbUFWQfH (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:35:07 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040623153235.GD1010@carfax.org.uk> List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Hugo Mills , jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 04:32:35PM +0100, Hugo Mills wrote: >On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 10:16:59AM -0400, George Georgalis wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 04:25:42PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> >does sata_sil driver work for you? >> >> I have this file, >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 500 500 12779 Jun 16 01:18 ./drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c >> >> but I don't see a switch for it in the config, also I'm not sure where >> the most recent patch for it is. > > The option is under > >Device Drivers ---> > SCSI device support ---> > SCSI low-level drivers ---> > [*] Serial ATA (SATA) > < > ServerWorks Frodo / Apple K2 SATA support (EXPERIMENTAL) (NEW) > < > Intel PIIX/ICH SATA support (NEW) > < > Promise SATA support (NEW) > <*> Silicon Image SATA support (NEW) > < > VIA SATA support (NEW) > < > VITESSE VSC-7174 SATA support (NEW) > Thanks, I discovered and was building that after I discovered the "development and/or incomplete code/drivers" option is also required. My system would not boot without SIIMAGE too, is that expected? Should there be a dependency in menuconfig? Sad news, at about 800 Mb, pdflush stopped completing and the device was blocked. Oooh, guess I needed to mount as a scsi dev now? but I don't see any scsi devices available... must I first not mount the hdc partitions? // George -- George Georgalis, Architect and administrator, Linux services. IXOYE http://galis.org/george/ cell:646-331-2027 mailto:george@galis.org Key fingerprint = 5415 2738 61CF 6AE1 E9A7 9EF0 0186 503B 9831 1631