From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: SATA Promise Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:01:44 -0500 Message-ID: <45A278F8.1070802@pobox.com> References: <200612191738.kBJHcFkP003688@alkaid.it.uu.se> <45A27571.3060106@mlbassoc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:55792 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750890AbXAHRBv (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:01:51 -0500 In-Reply-To: <45A27571.3060106@mlbassoc.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Gary Thomas Cc: Mikael Pettersson , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Gary Thomas wrote: > 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 progress on this? He already posted patches, check the linux-ide archives :) Jeff