From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Dibowitz Subject: Re: Promise 20378 Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 22:50:22 -0700 Message-ID: <42CA1F9E.4090305@ipom.com> References: <42C7B584.401@ipom.com> <42C9F50B.4000508@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary=------------enigCD68411A38A77E04DDB68DA6 Return-path: Received: from msg-mx2.usc.edu ([128.125.137.7]:44499 "EHLO msg-mx2.usc.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261752AbVGEFuY (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jul 2005 01:50:24 -0400 Received: from [10.1.1.2] ([128.125.81.146]) by msg-mx2.usc.edu (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.02 (built Mar 22 2005)) with ESMTPSA id <0IJ5002U347Z0I30@msg-mx2.usc.edu> for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 04 Jul 2005 22:50:23 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <42C9F50B.4000508@pobox.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigCD68411A38A77E04DDB68DA6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jeff Garzik wrote: > Phil Dibowitz wrote: > >> So, there doesn't appear to be a driver for the 20378 in the kernel... >> though google showed a few people using some proprietary drivers with >> varying luck. Ew. >> >> I noticed there are a lot of other Promise drivers in the kernel for the >> same general line, which leads me to believe there may be some interest >> in getting a 20378 driver in the kernel. >> >> So, since I now own a machine with one, I thought I'd drop this list a >> line and say "I can test stuff and provide info on the chipset"... > > > Just add the PCI ID to drivers/scsi/sata_promise.c... Markus K. emailed me to let me know about sata_promise, which already binds to my controller with no errors. I'm wondering if it'll support the PATA controller on there as well - we'll see. I'll play around with it and report back. Thanks. -- Phil Dibowitz phil@ipom.com Freeware and Technical Pages Insanity Palace of Metallica http://www.phildev.net/ http://www.ipom.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 --------------enigCD68411A38A77E04DDB68DA6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCyh+fN5XoxaHnMrsRAu+pAJ9wWnScmXIVdhOaS3S2vXYMfrnySwCgnRgr Ktrgu4Pn4F+M0q514qP6sHc= =QtTj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigCD68411A38A77E04DDB68DA6--