Promise TX2-plus and kernel 2.6

Promise TX2-plus and kernel 2.6

[Keld Jørn Simonsen]

Hi!

Does anybody know what level of support that is planned for the
Promise TX2 Plus SATA disk controller in the 2.6 kernel? My understanding
is that the PATA channels will not work under 2.6, while it works fine
under 2.4. This does have some influence on deciding whether to upgrade
to 2.6 :-(

best regards
Keld

Re: Promise TX2-plus and kernel 2.6

[Jeff Garzik]

Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote:
> Does anybody know what level of support that is planned for the
> Promise TX2 Plus SATA disk controller in the 2.6 kernel? My understanding
> is that the PATA channels will not work under 2.6, while it works fine
> under 2.4. This does have some influence on deciding whether to upgrade
> to 2.6 :-(


No Linux kernel, 2.4 or 2.6, supports the PATA channels currently.  Only 
the SATA channels are supported.

	Jeff


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Re: Promise TX2-plus and kernel 2.6

[Keld Jørn Simonsen]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:54:17AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote:
> >Does anybody know what level of support that is planned for the
> >Promise TX2 Plus SATA disk controller in the 2.6 kernel? My understanding
> >is that the PATA channels will not work under 2.6, while it works fine
> >under 2.4. This does have some influence on deciding whether to upgrade
> >to 2.6 :-(
> 
> 
> No Linux kernel, 2.4 or 2.6, supports the PATA channels currently.  Only 
> the SATA channels are supported.

I am running linux kernel 2.4.22-26mdk and it supports PATA right out of
the box, on a Promise TX2-plus controller. I have one disk on the PATA
port (and one disk on one of the SATA ports). I would probably like to
run kernel 2.6, mostly because I think of implementing some striping
RAID-1 on it and try that new module out, but if kernel 2.6 does not
support PATA on the TX2-plus then I am at a loss.

best regards
Keld
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Re: Promise TX2-plus and kernel 2.6

[Jeff Garzik]

Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote:
> I am running linux kernel 2.4.22-26mdk and it supports PATA right out of
> the box, on a Promise TX2-plus controller. I have one disk on the PATA
> port (and one disk on one of the SATA ports). I would probably like to
> run kernel 2.6, mostly because I think of implementing some striping
> RAID-1 on it and try that new module out, but if kernel 2.6 does not
> support PATA on the TX2-plus then I am at a loss.


It sounds like Mandrake added a non-standard Promise driver...  Consult 
your vendor in this case.

	Jeff



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Re: Promise TX2-plus and kernel 2.6

[Keld Jørn Simonsen]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:25:42AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote:
> >I am running linux kernel 2.4.22-26mdk and it supports PATA right out of
> >the box, on a Promise TX2-plus controller. I have one disk on the PATA
> >port (and one disk on one of the SATA ports). I would probably like to
> >run kernel 2.6, mostly because I think of implementing some striping
> >RAID-1 on it and try that new module out, but if kernel 2.6 does not
> >support PATA on the TX2-plus then I am at a loss.
> 
> 
> It sounds like Mandrake added a non-standard Promise driver...  Consult 
> your vendor in this case.

I don't get this. Promise themselves say that TX2-plus is supported in
Redhat 7.3/8.0 and SuSE 7.3/8.0 in their data sheet:
http://www.promise.com/marketing/datasheet/file/SATA150_DS_101703.pdf
I read that to be that support is included in the standard kernel, and
has been for a long time, so it is a very stable driver, and standard.
But of cause I may be mistaken.

But you say that the standard 2.4 and 2.6 driver is not implementing PATA.
I am courious about the status of this.  Are we talking the same
controller?

Best regards
keld
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