From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Oliver Korpilla Subject: SATA/IDE strangeness (ATI chip) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:55:22 +0100 Message-ID: <4239C48A.2050608@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive: To: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hello! On my MSI motherboard there are the following devices: 0000:00:11.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 437a 0000:00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4379 0000:00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4376 These are listed in the PCI ID database (not committed yet): 4376 Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI 4379 ATI 4379 Serial ATA Controller 437a ATI 437A Serial ATA Controller The 1st SATA controller seems to work with the SATA_SIL driver from vanilla 2.6.11 (and none sooner, I tried), and I'm using it that way now. Since the Debian Pure64 CD doesn't come with that, it doesn't find a HD when trying to install with the CD. I have the following problems: ------------------------------ * Though the SATA is configured in IDE mode in BIOS it does not show up as IDE within Linux and this does not change when the ATIIXP driver is loaded - ide2 is not recognized as a bus with connected devices. My SATA HD is listed by the BIOS to be channel 2 master, while CD-ROM on the Dual ATA is listed on channel 0, channel 1 is unused, so shouldn't the SATA drive show up as /dev/hde or something??? * How can I tune the ATIIXP driver via parameters or source modification so it recognizes the SATA controllers as devices to configure??? * How can I force ANY IDE driver to recognize these SATA drives in IDE mode? This is a mail regarding this topic I'm confused about. The author seems to think, ATIIXP can do the 4379 as well: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0412.1/1460.html Please let me know if I can provide you with any additional data. Thanks and with kind regards, Oliver Korpilla