Re: Unknown SATA PIIX PCI device ID 0x29b6

Jeff Garzik
2008-04-03T16:04:20Z

Gaston, Jason D wrote:
> IDER is a controller, in this case, in the MCH/Northbridge that
> redirects a virtual drive across the LAN and presents it as a local IDE
> drive. This is part of the Intel AMT managability engine. You can
> point it to a physical drive, .iso or a .img file on the remote system.

Since this is a new, non-PATA, non-SATA controller/device setup, there
are a few general questions,

- what to do about cable detection? unless it matters, we could simply
assume a fixed cable type, since its a virtual link.

- what is the proper reset method? to kick a device (and controller)
into action, we will COMRESET via the SATA phy, or at the very least SRST.

- is set-xfer-mode properly emulated? normally we look at the ATA
device's IDENTIFY DEVICE page, and choose a transfer xfer from that info.

Jeff