From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751067AbWCZAEv (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:04:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751981AbWCZAEv (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:04:51 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:2234 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751067AbWCZAEv (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:04:51 -0500 Message-ID: <4425DAA0.8050607@garzik.org> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:04:48 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060313) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hinrich Aue CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: promise tx2plus SATA controller and ATAPI References: <200603251641.39064.h_aue@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <200603251641.39064.h_aue@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.5 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-2.5 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hinrich Aue wrote: > hello there, > > I purchased a promise TX2Plus SATA controller. > Works fine so far, but I also bought a SATA DVD writer. > The TX2Plus supports SATA ATAPI, and recognizes my burner correctly. > But in the boot messages it says: > > ata2(0): WARNING: ATAPI is not supported with this driver, device ignored. > > Is there a way to use the burner with this controller? In theory, yes. Presently, no. > If not, are there plans to enable ATAPI for the sata_promise driver? Eventually, yes. Jeff