From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: VIA VT8251 on Asus A8V-MV Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:16:04 -0500 Message-ID: <20051122021604.GA32312@havoc.gtf.org> References: <43808DAC.9030806@mgmservers.com> <20051121235516.GA8515@midnight.suse.cz> <43827C76.3000703@mgmservers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([69.61.125.42]:5352 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964862AbVKVCQF (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:16:05 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43827C76.3000703@mgmservers.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jason Cribbins Cc: Vojtech Pavlik , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 09:03:34PM -0500, Jason Cribbins wrote: > Can you explain the situation in the following URL? > http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=68455&STARTPAGE=1 > > Also as I try to install fedora it reports that it is unable to find any > installed HDs. I have found an OpenBSD patch that does get it to work > there but nothing for Linux that works as of right now. > My BIOS has the controller set to SATA mode right now and its not > visible. Even if I set it to RAID mode or AHCI modes I get the same > result using fedora core4 and what ever kernel comes bundled with their > installer. The AHCI driver certainly won't work without adding PCI IDs to it... did you try that? These threads seem to indicate that AHCI needs updating for VIA. Jeff