Re: PDC20376 PATA?

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

Gilles May wrote:
> Hello everybody::
> 
> I have got a problem getting my onboard FastTrak 376 Controller to work. 
> The motherboard is an Asus A7V8X.
> 
> Kernels 2.6.1 to 2.6.5 do detect the controller, but not the harddisk 
> connected to it.
> During bootup of 2.6.5 stock kernel I get the following:
> 
> 
> libata version 1.02 loaded.
> sata_promise version 0.91
> ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE0A5F200 ctl 0xE0A5F238 bmdma 0x0 irq 10
> ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE0A5F280 ctl 0xE0A5F2B8 bmdma 0x0 irq 10
> ata1: no device found (phy stat 00000000)
> ata1: thread exiting
> scsi0 : sata_promise
> ata2: no device found (phy stat 00000000)
> ata2: thread exiting
> scsi1 : sata_promise
> 
> I assume it is only trying to detect SATA devices while my HDD is 
> connected as PATA.. With Windows it works like a charm.
> 
> Do I have to pass some parameters to sata_promise or are there any 
> patches to try for the PATA HDD to work?


sata_promise (as perhaps the name implies) does not yet support PATA.

	Jeff