From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gary Thomas Subject: Re: SATA Promise Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:06:49 -0700 Message-ID: <45A27A29.5040604@mlbassoc.com> References: <200612191738.kBJHcFkP003688@alkaid.it.uu.se> <45A27571.3060106@mlbassoc.com> <17826.31038.143943.152976@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]:2901 "EHLO hermes.chez-thomas.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750956AbXAHRGw (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:06:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: <17826.31038.143943.152976@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: > Gary Thomas writes: > > 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? > > Yes. SATAPI and PATAPI are working. Patches have been posted > to linux-ide, and hopefully final combined/reworked/tidied-up > patches should be available tomorrow. Very nice, thanks. BTW, what SATAPI drive did you try this with? I have a Lite-On LTN-52S1S that doesn't seem to work at all with the PDC40775 - it just hangs during the bootup. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------