From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Subject: Re: SATA/IDE strangeness (ATI chip) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:01:21 +0100 Message-ID: <58cb370e05031809012b59157c@mail.gmail.com> References: <4239C48A.2050608@gmx.de> Reply-To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.192]:31341 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261899AbVCRRBW (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:01:22 -0500 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 67so174499wri for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:01:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4239C48A.2050608@gmx.de> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Oliver Korpilla Cc: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:55:22 +0100, Oliver Korpilla wrote: > Hello! > > On my MSI motherboard there are the following devices: > > 0000:00:11.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 437a > 0000:00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4379 > 0000:00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4376 > > These are listed in the PCI ID database (not committed yet): > > 4376 Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI > 4379 ATI 4379 Serial ATA Controller > 437a ATI 437A Serial ATA Controller > > The 1st SATA controller seems to work with the SATA_SIL driver from > vanilla 2.6.11 (and none sooner, I tried), and I'm using it that way > now. Since the Debian Pure64 CD doesn't come with that, it doesn't find > a HD when trying to install with the CD. > > I have the following problems: > ------------------------------ > * Though the SATA is configured in IDE mode in BIOS it does not show up > as IDE within Linux and this does not change when the ATIIXP driver is > loaded - ide2 is not recognized as a bus with connected devices. My SATA > HD is listed by the BIOS to be channel 2 master, while CD-ROM on the > Dual ATA is listed on channel 0, channel 1 is unused, so shouldn't the > SATA drive show up as /dev/hde or something??? Linux no longer use legacy/obsolete BIOS ordering/naming. You can name /dev nodes however you want using udev. > * How can I tune the ATIIXP driver via parameters or source modification > so it recognizes the SATA controllers as devices to configure??? What for? > * How can I force ANY IDE driver to recognize these SATA drives in IDE > mode? > > This is a mail regarding this topic I'm confused about. The author seems > to think, ATIIXP can do the 4379 as well: It can't (reliably). > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0412.1/1460.html > > Please let me know if I can provide you with any additional data. > > Thanks and with kind regards, > Oliver Korpilla