From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vojtech Pavlik Subject: Re: VIA VT8251 on Asus A8V-MV Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:29:38 +0100 Message-ID: <20051122072938.GA12588@midnight.suse.cz> 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 styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:12473 "EHLO mail.suse.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932225AbVKVH3u (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 02:29:50 -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: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com 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. I'm sorry, I confused it with the vt8231. > Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > > >On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 09:52:28AM -0500, Jason Cribbins wrote: > > > > > > > >>I was wondering if its possible to find someone to create a driver > >>support for the Via VT8251 South Bridge chipset which appears to have > >>been around for about a year now. I am unable to get any form of Linux > >>to see my HDs connected to that on board controller. Although I have > >>successfully used it in non-raid mode on FreeBSD. I need this for > >>fedora if possible. > >> > >>Is something like this possible? And if so would it cost anything? > > > >The vt8251 is supported for quite some time by the IDE driver and its > >vt82cxxx.c chipset driver. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR