From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Subject: Re: sata_sis and SIS180 in combined mode Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:11:14 +0000 Message-ID: <20061204001114.066b10f3@localhost.localdomain> References: <200612031834.16797.sven@linux4geeks.de> <45735B51.5040501@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:45285 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760157AbWLDAEQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Dec 2006 19:04:16 -0500 In-Reply-To: <45735B51.5040501@gmx.net> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Uwe Koziolek Cc: Sven Ladegast , uwe.koziolek@web.de, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:18:41 +0100 Uwe Koziolek wrote: > Because you are only using the PATA port, you can make a private > solution, move the PCI-ID 180 from sata_sis.c to sis5513.c or > pata_sis.c > dependend on the ide driver you want to use. > > The SiS180 has no hardware RAID functionality, It is only a BIOS based > software raid. The SiS180 is a combined SATA/PATA controller. > > I will try a patch for this issue. Are both ports off the same set of PCI resources ? If not then it would be better to put a set of entry points into pata_sis that allow sata_sis to "plug in" pata support. I'm happy to help hack on this given enough info. Alan