From: Matthieu Helder <matthieu.helder@gmail.com>
To: teheo@novell.com
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: re: Initio 1623 driver question
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:22:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48AB0F54.5080900@gmail.com> (raw)
I've compiled and installed the 2.6.26.2 kernel.
Best regards,
Matthieu
Matthieu Helder wrote:
> Dear Tejun,
>
>
> I've experiencing a problem for which I searched many forums, but to no
> avail yet, so I decided to ask you.
> I'm trying to install two Western Digital sata disks (750 GB each) with
> a PCI sata-controller that uses the Initio 1623 chipset. Operating
> system is SuSe 11.
> The PC is an Compaq deskpro something with a Celeron and 512 MB of ram.
> It boots from a 10 GB ata disk.
>
> The problem is that the controller card seems to be recognized
> correctly, the kernel module gets loaded and all, but the two disks are
> not detected: sata link down.
> I'm using your sata_inic162x driver module, the version that contains
> lba48 support.
> Do you have any idea what can be the case? At least I have the
> impression that the BIOS doesn't support lba48, could that be it? Below
> you'll find the output of some (hopefully relevant) commands.
Can you please cc linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
<mailto:linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>? And can you try to roll
your own kernel 2.6.26.2 <http://2.6.26.2> for the system so that we can
try patches?
Maybe the reset timing is too aggressive.
Thanks.
next reply other threads:[~2008-08-19 18:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-19 18:22 Matthieu Helder [this message]
2008-08-20 4:20 ` Initio 1623 driver question Tejun Heo
2008-08-20 20:32 ` Matthieu Helder
2008-08-21 2:50 ` Tejun Heo
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