From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gary Thomas Subject: Re: SATA Promise Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:19:14 -0700 Message-ID: <45882D22.8030307@mlbassoc.com> References: <200612191738.kBJHcFkP003688@alkaid.it.uu.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sta-204-188-98-27.rockynet.com ([204.188.98.27]:2947 "EHLO hermes.chez-thomas.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932849AbWLSSTU (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:19:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200612191738.kBJHcFkP003688@alkaid.it.uu.se> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mikael Pettersson Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Mikael Pettersson wrote: > On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:54:07 -0700, Gary Thomas wrote: >> I'm trying to use the sata_promise driver (1.04) with a CDROM >> and having little luck. I'm using this chipset: >> 00:0b.0 Mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC40775 (SATA 300 TX2plus) (rev 02) >> >> If I plug in a SATAPI drive, the driver hangs during initialization. >> If I plug in a (PATA) ATAPI drive, I'm told: >> >> ata3.01: ATAPI, max MWDMA2 >> ata3.01: configured for MWDMA2 >> Vendor: ATA Model: ST3250824NS Rev: 3.AE >> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 >> ata3.01: WARNING: ATAPI is not supported with this driver, device ignored. >> >> Is there any way to get this working (I'm using Linux 2.6.18, with >> linux-2.6-sata-promise-pata-ports.patch from Fedora Core 6) > > Patience. The driver doesn't support ATAPI yet, but I > intend to work on that soon. Any idea how long this might be (just wondering - I can work around this for the time being)? -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------