From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Albert Lee Subject: Re: gigabyte iRam not seen by linux Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 10:02:37 +0800 Message-ID: <44122FBD.9000909@tw.ibm.com> References: <20060310013604.1acac722.pegasus@nerv.eu.org> <4411BCB6.5080108@gmail.com> Reply-To: albertl@mail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from e36.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.154]:49288 "EHLO e36.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751512AbWCKCDG (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:03:06 -0500 Received: from d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com (d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.106]) by e36.co.us.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k2B22xP1015467 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:02:59 -0500 Received: from d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (d03av03.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.169]) by d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.10/NCO/VER6.8) with ESMTP id k2B25pQP164670 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:05:51 -0700 Received: from d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k2B22w9c014684 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:02:59 -0700 In-Reply-To: <4411BCB6.5080108@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: =?UTF-8?B?SnVyZSBQZcSNYXI=?= , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Tejun Heo wrote: > Jure Pe=C4=8Dar wrote: >=20 >> >> I just got a gigabyte solid state disk on a test. However, it is not >> seen by linux. The problem is described well here: >> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=3D411600 >> >> What can one do when there *is* something on the sata port but the >> driver doesn't recognize it? It's not even in the /sys/block/ or >> /sys/bus/scsi/ ... If I don't have the device, I can't use sg utils >> to ask it how it feels ... >> I'd really want to use this ssd under linux, but I don't know how to >> debug the problem from here. >> >=20 > Please set up either a vanialla kernel (preferably the latestet one, > 2.6.16-rc5) or, if you can use git, #upstream branch of libata-dev > repository. Before compiling the kernel, change #undef ATA_DEBUG in > include/linux/libata.h to #define ATA_DEBUG. You might also need to > increase the size of printk buffer size (kernel hacking -> kernel log > buffer size). >=20 > After booting with such kernel, please post the result of dmesg. >=20 >=20 This pseudo SATA drive looks interesting. There is a SATA connector on the PCI adapter. At the first glance, I thought it is a new SATA adapter, but it is not. (http://www6.tomshardware.com/2005/09/07/can_gigabyte/page2.html) I am curious how it response to things like reset and IDENTIFY DEVICE. Looking forward to Jure's dmesg. -- Albert