From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sergei Shtylyov Subject: Re: hpt374 sata (Highpoint Rocket 1540) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:52:23 +0400 Message-ID: <46AF76D7.8050800@ru.mvista.com> References: <1185880124.3483.25.camel@localhost> <46AF3939.8020805@ru.mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from h155.mvista.com ([63.81.120.155]:13245 "EHLO imap.sh.mvista.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763734AbXGaRuY (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:50:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <46AF3939.8020805@ru.mvista.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Bob Ham Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hello, I wrote: >> I've had a Highpoint Rocket 1540 (not "RocketRAID") SATA controller for >> a while now, using a proprietary binary driver from Highpoint in a linux >> 2.4 kernel. The chipset is an hpt374. The hpt366 driver freezes on >> boot, as reported by others. > Can we see a bootlog please? ... and the output of 'lspci -v' too. I wonders if R1540 could be identified via the subsystem ID -- SATA bridges HPT uses seem to have limitations WRT DMA modes, i.e. no MWDMA and UDMA modes 0, 4 and higher only are supported... >> Cheers, >> Bob Ham MBR, Sergei