Re: [SATA] SATA_SIL and ATI SB400 chipset

Re: [SATA] SATA_SIL and ATI SB400 chipset

[Oliver.Korpilla]

Mark Hahn wrote:
>>Problem is, I want to do an install from the Sarge netinstall media to get a
>>full AMD64-compatible install. If I load the SATA_SIL module there, no
> 
> so you should get the debian people to fix their bug - 
> amd64 doesn't use a different sata_sil driver than ia32, of course!

I wasn't implying that - I thought there could be the possibility to 
override the module probe parameters.

>>being loaded correctly, with the same parameters it recognizes the hardware
>>when booted with kernel 2.6.11.
> 
> to me it sounds like your random debian kernel is just broken.
> in general, no module parameters should ever be needed.
> 

That seems to be correct - I did help me out with an PATA drive, made an 
install, fixed a vanilla 2.6.11 onto it, and all runs perfectly well, 
except it only seems to scans two of my four SATA ports. But it boots 
and runs smoothly, so that's nice enough.

So if needed I will produce my own boot disk, that's fine enough! :)

Do you think my controller is limited to doing a mode of UDMA/100 when 
the drive reports as UDMA/133 capable, but then is reported with less. 
Or is this inherent to the SATA_SIL driver?

I guess it's not a bad thing to archive into a Linux list that the 
RS480M2-IL motherboard's SATA controller works with SATA_SIL driver, as 
it uses the ATI SB400 Chipset. ;) :)

Thanks and with kind regards,
Oliver Korpilla

[SATA] SATA_SIL and ATI SB400 chipset

[Oliver Korpilla]

Hello!

I'm sorry to bug you like this, but I have a problem I hope you can help me
find about your SATA_SIL driver.

I have a brandnew computer for a project and its components aren't even
listed with names in lspci. AMD64 3500+, MSI RS480M2 with ATI RS480+SB400
controllers, 2GB 2.5 Dual DDR400 3200 RAM, Seagate 250 GB SATA drive with
NCQ, ... I guess you get it's rather new (we were allowed to spend a state
grant on it, so it isn't mine, I'm just building/configuring it for my
office).

The Debian AMD64 port netinstall doesn't recognize the disk, even if in IDE
controller mode in the BIOS and even when the SATA_SIL is modprobed into the
kernel.

But I've hooked a IDE-ATA harddrive with a Sarge install for i386 to it,
compiled a kernel 2.6.11 for it, and loaded your SATA_SIL driver for it,
which probed the device and allowed me to use it. It's working perfectly as
my 1st SCSI drive this way, and I compiled your driver into my kernel and it
boots perfectly from SATA.

Problem is, I want to do an install from the Sarge netinstall media to get a
full AMD64-compatible install. If I load the SATA_SIL module there, no
probing happens and my SATA drive isn't recognized, even if I modprobe the
module on the shell.

Problem seems to be that the simplified busybox version or something similar
of modprobe is used, which doesn't match modprobe's behaviour. But I guess
by giving the right parameters on loading your module I could force it into
being loaded correctly, with the same parameters it recognizes the hardware
when booted with kernel 2.6.11.

Do you agree?

Do you think, I could force your module into recognizing the hardware with
module parameters??

It would be very kind of you to help me out on this and I'd be very
grateful, especially since it works already so fine with 2.6.11 hack. But I
have several of this boxes to install, and I want them to run x86-64 native,
not i386 from another box' harddrive...

I'm not on the list, so could you CC: me if you answer.

Thanks and with kind regards,
Oliver Korpilla

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[SATA] SATA_SIL and ATI SB400 chipset

[Oliver Korpilla]

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Hello!

This is my final note about this - this is not a Debian bug, because Debian
uses 2.6.8 for their AMD64 Sarge install media. But plain vanilla Linux only
recognizes the SATA controller only starting from 2.6.11 - not even vanilla
2.6.10 with matching config will work.

So: With the ATI SB400 chipset use a SATA_SIL driver from > 2.6.11. :)

Thanks and with kind regards,
Oliver Korpilla

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