Re: Unknown SATA PIIX PCI device ID 0x29b6

Tejun Heo
2008-04-03T00:44:25Z

Gaston, Jason D wrote:
>> Gaston, Jason D wrote:
>>> If you disable the IDE Redirection in BIOS on that system, the 0x29b6
>>> controller should not appear. If you are not using this, it would be
>>> interesting to see if this effects what you are seeing.
>>
>> I think its fair to say that a certain amount of Linux users will
>> inevitably have this option enabled in their BIOS. We should have a
>> plan to deal with this sanely...?
>
> I was able to add the IDER Contoller DeviceID to ata_generic.c and it
> seemed to work fine. I was also able to add it to ata_piix.c as a SATA
> Controler and it seemed to work ok as well. However, when I tried to
> add it to ata_piix.c as a PATA Controller if failed cable detection. I
> guess this would be expected as it is a Virtual IDE contoller.
>
> Where is the correct place to add support for IDE Redirection
> Contollers?

What's IDE redirection? SATA appearing as IDE?

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tejun