Re: IDE support on Intel DG965SS

[Avi Kivity <avi@argo.co.il>]

Alan Chandler wrote:
> I have been trying to find out if the kernel supports the IDE channel 
> (with a DVD/CD-R unit attached) on my Intel DG965SS motherboard.
>
> Searching the web indicates that for some motherboards based in the 
> Intel 965 chipset success has been had for 2.6.18 onward by using the 
> kernel boot parameters 
>
> all-generic-ide pci=nommconf
>
> Although these were Fedora Core 6.  
>
> I normally run Debian Unstable - but I have built 2.6.19 and installed 
> that (using the Debian .config as the base config) - mainly because to 
> get graphics to work it needs 2.6.19 to recognise the ids for the 
> agpgart module.
>
> However, despite every thing else working - I can't get the IDE 
> controller to be recognised - whether or not I use the above kernel 
> boot parameters. I have been UNABLE to find what all-generic-ide does - 
> it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere, so I was just blindly 
> following someones instructions..
>
> lspci -v shows the following
>
> 02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 6101 
> (rev b1) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
>   

I have the same board at home.  I use all-generic-ide (without pci=...)

Do you have CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC set?


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