From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Jones Subject: Re: Support for (new?) Silicon Image PCI SATA controller Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 17:47:24 -0500 Message-ID: <20061111224724.GA13292@redhat.com> References: <200611081803.52986.wjl@icecavern.net> <4553BBB3.1000508@gmail.com> <20061109234009.GT16952@parisc-linux.org> <200611091659.16002.wjl@icecavern.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:13721 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754888AbWKKWrk (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Nov 2006 17:47:40 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200611091659.16002.wjl@icecavern.net> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "Wesley J. Landaker" Cc: Matthew Wilcox , Tejun Heo , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Carlos Pardo On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 04:59:15PM -0700, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > > > SIMG says there's no such device and it's probably bad hardware > > > (probably a 3512) with stuck bits in PCI ID. If you bought it, ask for > > > replacement. > > It could also be a problem with his motherboard. I'd try it in a > > different slot (or in a different machine) before returning the card > > as bad. > > Guys, thank you. Your suggestion about a stuck bit sounds reasonable, since I > couldn't find any indication of any device IDs from SI that matched... that's > why I originally assumed it was a new device (since the hardware is > supposedly fairly recent). > > I will try this out in a different motherboard slot and if there's no luck > there see if I can get this card replaced. > > Thank for the help, and hopefully I can get it working. =) I've seen similar things from cards with dirty connectors. A pencil eraser over the contacts made a similar problem I saw with a tulip card disappear. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk